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William Wright

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Born

in Augusta, Georgia, The United States

Website

https://www.williamgarrettwright.com

Genre

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic

Influences

Theodore Roethke, James Wright, James Dickey, Cormac McCarthy, Robert ...more

Member Since

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William Wright is author of seven collections of poetry: four full-length books, including Tree Heresies (Mercer University Press, forthcoming), Night Field Anecdote (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011), Bledsoe (Texas Review Press, 2011), and Dark Orchard (Texas Review Press, 2006, winner of the Breakthrough Poetry Prize). Wright’s chapbooks are Sleep Paralysis (Stepping Stones Press, 2012, Winner of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative Prize, selected by Kwame Dawes), Xylem & Heartwood (Finishing Line Press, 2013), and The Ghost Narratives (Finishing Line Press, 2008). Recent work can be found in The Kenyon Review, Crab Orchard Review, Indiana Review, Colorado Review, Southern Poetry Review, Oxford American, Shenandoah, and many others. Wri ...more

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William Wright’s books

Average rating: 4.7 · 183 ratings · 34 reviews · 16 distinct works

	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume III: Contemporary Appalachia by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jesse Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Ruffin (Editor) 4.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume VI: Tennessee by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jesse Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Ruffin (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bledsoe 4.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Field Anecdote 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Orchard 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tree Heresies 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume IV: Louisiana by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Ruffin (Editor) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume VII: North Carolina by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Ruffin (Editor), Jesse Graves (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume V: Georgia by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Ruffin (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume I: South Carolina by William Wright (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Stephen Gardner (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars