Iain Haley Pollock, M.F.A.
Iain Haley Pollock is the author of the poetry collections Spit Back a Boy and Ghost, Like a Place (2018). His poems have also appeared in many literary outlets, including African American Review, American Academy of Poets Poem-a-Day, American Poetry Review, The New York Times Magazine, PoetrySociety.org and The Progressive. Outside of publishing poems, Pollock performs his work widely, from the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival to libraries and art centers; he curated the Rye Poetry Path, a public poetry installation in Rye, NY; he serves on the editorial board at Slapering Hol Press and Tiger Bark Press; and he edits the literary journal Inkwell.
- Poetry Workshop
- Topics in Grad Creative Writing: The Nature of Influence
- Topics in Grad Creative Writing: Formal Experimentation
B.A., English, Haverford College
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Syracuse University
Spit Back a Boy
2011, University of Georgia Press
Ghost, Like a Place
2018, Alice James Books
Cave Canem Fellowship
2006, 2008, 2009
Cave Canem Poetry Prize
2010
NAACP Image Award (nomination)
2019