Richard Siken is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of the collection Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. 1 His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, was released from Copper Canyon Press in 2015. Crush HP Z27n G2 27 Inch IPS LED Backlit Monitor 2-Pack, QHD 2560 x 1440 (1JS10A8#ABA) $ 699.00 LG 32UN650-W 32 Inch UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS Ultrafine Display with HDR10 Compatibility, DCI-P3 95% Color Gamut, AMD $ 489.99. The Crush Problem. It’s lucky that Crush, Richard Siken’s Yale Younger Poets Award-winning first collection, is so much shorter than Lonesome Dove, because I literally carried Crush everywhere I went for three or four years. It was like my poetry-security blanket.
Crush by Richard Siken
Driving, Not Washing It’s a road movie, a double-feature, two boys striking out across America, while desire, find a way to figure it out.like a monster, crawls up out of the lake with all of us watching, with all of us wondering if these two boys will – Richard Siken, Crush |
Richard Siken is a gay American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of two collections of poetry - Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004 and War of the Foxes, which was released from Copper Canyon Press in 2015.
The book Crush is a series of poems described as 'confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism', and in part influenced by the death of Siken's boyfriend in 1991. It came out around the time Supernatural started in 2005, and fans soon discovered many parallels between the poems and the show, particularly Sam and Dean's relationship as seen by Wincest shippers. Many fans purchased the book and it inspired many fanworks, and even fan tattoos.
The book Crush is a series of poems described as 'confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism', and in part influenced by the death of Siken's boyfriend in 1991. It came out around the time Supernatural started in 2005, and fans soon discovered many parallels between the poems and the show, particularly Sam and Dean's relationship as seen by Wincest shippers. Many fans purchased the book and it inspired many fanworks, and even fan tattoos.
Fanart featuring lines from 'Wishbone'
You Are Jeff You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you. you don’t even have a name for.And you feel like you’ve done something terrible, like robbed a liquor store, or swallowed pills, or shoveled yourself a grave in the dirt, and you’re tired. You’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and you’re trying not to tell him that you love him, and you’re trying to choke down the feeling, and you’re trembling, but he reaches over and he touches you, like a prayer for which no words exist, and you feel your heart taking root in your body, like you’ve discovered something – Richard Siken, Crush |
Richard became aware of the popularity of his work in our fandom, and the speculation as to whether his work influenced Supernatural or vice versa.:
- There’s an unswayable belief that Crush is already and always has been Wincest. Nothing I say convinces people otherwise, even though Crush was accepted for publication before Supernatural aired. I see the overlap — cars, guns, violence, danger, chasing and escaping, a relationship that seems more than brotherly but not quite romantic — but I think Crush and Supernatural are products of a cultural moment, not products of each other. Source
Siken also said that ' yes, the director of Supernatural read Crush and sent me fan mail', although its unclear if this is referring to Eric Kripke. Source
Richard was later active in Sherlock fandom, and shipping John Watson and Sherlock. He explained why he never felt able to write Wincest fanfic:
- I feel honored by the Wincest community but there’s no place for me there. The insistence that everything I’ve done so far is Wincest gives me no wiggle room. I take no offense, I’m proud they found the poems worthy enough to include, but still: no wiggle room. Source
and
- I can participate in the Sherlock fandom because there’s room for me. It’s impossible to confuse Sherlock and War of the Foxes. I can write Sherlock fanfic like any other fan and not have it confused with my poems. Source
Fanvids
- These, Our Bodies, Possessed By Light by secretlytodream A fan vid set to narration from Richard's poem's 'Scheherezade' and 'Road Music'
- Road Music by Catie
- The Golden Room by balinorsforest with words from Richard Siken's 'Snow and Dirty Rain'
External links
- Richard Siken website
- Richard Siken on Tumblr
- The Poet Laureate of Fan Fiction by The Awl
- 'The World Is No Longer Mysterious': Richard Siken, 'Supernatural,' And Why They Correlate by McKinley Catherine Keener
- The metaverse and the vacuum by Richard Siken
- A profile of Richard Siken by the poetry foundation
- Fight Club: Richard Siken by Legacy Russell
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Born | February 15, 1967 (age 53) New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Occupation | Poet |
Alma mater | University of Arizona (BA. MFA) |
Richard Siken (born February 15, 1967) is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of the collection Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004.[1] His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, was released from Copper Canyon Press in 2015.
Early life and education[edit]
Siken was born in New York City.[2] He studied at and received a B.A. in psychology and later a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the University of Arizona.[3]
Career[edit]
In 2001, Siken co-founded Spork Press, where he continues to work as an editor.
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Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book Crush was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for 'Gay Men's Poetry' in 2005,[4] and the Thom Gunn Award from Publishing Triangle. The 1991 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.[5]
Siken's most recent book, War of the Foxes,[6] was published in 2015 by Copper Canyon Press, was a recipient of two residencies with the Lannan Residency Program, and a Lannan Literary Selection.[7]
Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. On March 19, 2019, Siken reported on his Facebook that he had recently suffered a stroke.
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Awards[edit]
Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Thom Gunn Award.
Siken is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, 2004, for Crush[1]
- National Book Critics Circle Award, 2005, finalist [8]
- Lambda Literary Award, 2006 [9]
- Thom Gunn Award, 2006 [10]
- Lannan Residency Program, Fall 2007[11]
- Lannan Residency Program, Spring 2014[12]
- Pushcart Prize
- Two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
Bibliography[edit]
- Crush (Yale University Press, 2005) ISBN9780300107210, OCLC637026953
- War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) ISBN9781556594779, OCLC990282587
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Richard Siken'. Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation.
- ^'Richard Siken - Western Illinois University'. www.wiu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^'Nerve-Wracked Love by Nell Casey'. Poetry Foundation. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ^'Previous Lammy Award Winners'. Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^Schuman, Joan (2006-04-13). 'Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work'. Tucson Weekly.
- ^https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=[permanent dead link]{15A55214-5F48-4E0E-81D8-F256D3FFC4CA}
- ^Robinson, Shane. 'Lannan Literary Program - Lannan Foundation'. www.lannan.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^'National Book Critics Circle: awards'. bookcritics.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^Cerna, Antonio Gonzalez (2005-04-09). '18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards'. Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^'Publishing Triangle'. www.publishingtriangle.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^Diaz, Alex. 'Richard Siken - Lannan Foundation'. www.lannan.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ^Diaz, Alex. 'Richard Siken - Lannan Foundation'. www.lannan.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
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External links[edit]
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