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Charif Shanahan is an American poet and translator. His debut poetry collection Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (Southern Illinois University Press, 2017) was the recipient of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, selected by Allison Joseph, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry and the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award. He is currently an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Northwestern University.

Education

Shanahan earned an AB in Comparative Literature from Princeton University; an AM in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation from Dartmouth College; and an MFA in Poetry from NYU's Graduate Creative Writing Program, where he studied with Sharon Olds, Catherine Barnett, and Yusef Komunyakaa, with whom he had first worked as an undergraduate at Princeton.^[1]

Career

Shanahan is currently an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Northwestern University, where he teaches in the undergraduate and Litowitz MFA+MA programs.^[2] Previously, he taught at Stanford University,^[3] where he held both a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry and Jones Lectureship in Poetry.^[4]

His work has also recently been anthologized in African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (Library of America, 2020), Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry (Northwestern University Press, 2019), and American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time (Graywolf Press, 2018).

As a translator, he works primarily from Italian. His translations of Italian-language poets Gëzim Hajdari and Donata Berra have been published in Circumference,^[5] A Public Space, and RHINO Poetry.

Awards and honors

National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship (2019)^[6]
MacDowell Poetry Fellow (2019)^[7]
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Poetry Fellow (2019)^[8]
James Baldwin Writer-in-Residence, La Maison Baldwin, St. Paul de Vence (2018)^[9]
Finalist, Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry (2018)^[10]
Finalist, Thom Gunn Award, Publishing Triangle (2018)^[11]
Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, Stanford University (2016–18)
Gregory Pardlo Fellowship, The Frost Place (2016)^[12]
Millay Colony for the Arts Fellow (2016)
The Edward Stanley Award, Prairie Schooner (2016)^[13]
Cave Canem Foundation Fellowship (2013–15)^[14]

Books

Shanahan, Charif (2017). Into each room we enter without knowing. Carbondale. ISBN 978-0809335770.^[15]^[16]^[17]
Shanahan, Charif (2023). Trace evidence : poems. Portland, Oregon. ISBN 978-1953534668.^[18]

References

^ "Charif Shanahan". Poetry Foundation. 27 February 2023.
^ "Charif Shanahan: Department of English". Northwestern University.
^ "Charif Shanahan | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.
^ "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.
^ "who will quell our intense desire to solve | Circumference Magazine". Circumference Magazine. 25 July 2012.
^ "Charif Shanahan earns fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.
^ "93 Artists Awarded Summer MacDowell Fellowships". MacDowell.
^ "Past Residents Captiva". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
^ "Writers in Residence 2018-2022". La Maison Baldwin.
^ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists & Winners". Lambda Literary.
^ "The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry". The Publishing Triangle.
^ "Gregory Pardlo Scholarship". The Frost Place. 1 April 2018.
^ "Prairie Schooner Awards $8,500 to 2015 Writing Prize Winners". Prairie Schooner.
^ "Fellows". Cave Canem.
^ March, Thomas (4 December 2017). "Appreciations: Charif Shanahan's "Preface"". Lambda Literary.
^ Eilbert, Natalie (24 August 2017). "Tell Me I Belong Here: On Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing"". Los Angeles Review of Books.
^ "Natalie Eilbert Explores Charif Shanahan's Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing by Harriet Staff". Poetry Foundation. 19 February 2023.
^ "Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan". Publishers Weekly.

[1] "Charif Shanahan". Poetry Foundation. 27 February 2023.

[2] "Charif Shanahan: Department of English". Northwestern University.

[3] "Charif Shanahan | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.

[4] "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.

[5] "who will quell our intense desire to solve | Circumference Magazine". Circumference Magazine. 25 July 2012.

[6] "Charif Shanahan earns fellowship from National Endowment for the Arts | Creative Writing Program". Stanford University.

[7] "93 Artists Awarded Summer MacDowell Fellowships". MacDowell.

[8] "Past Residents Captiva". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

[9] "Writers in Residence 2018-2022". La Maison Baldwin.

[10] "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists & Winners". Lambda Literary.

[11] "The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry". The Publishing Triangle.

[12] "Gregory Pardlo Scholarship". The Frost Place. 1 April 2018.

[13] "Prairie Schooner Awards $8,500 to 2015 Writing Prize Winners". Prairie Schooner.

[14] "Fellows". Cave Canem.

[15] March, Thomas (4 December 2017). "Appreciations: Charif Shanahan's "Preface"". Lambda Literary.

[16] Eilbert, Natalie (24 August 2017). "Tell Me I Belong Here: On Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing"". Los Angeles Review of Books.

[17] "Natalie Eilbert Explores Charif Shanahan's Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing by Harriet Staff". Poetry Foundation. 19 February 2023.

[18] "Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan". Publishers Weekly.

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-'''Charif Shanahan''' is an American poet and translator. His debut poetry collection ''Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing'' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2017) was the recipient of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, selected by Allison Joseph, and a finalist for the [[Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry]] and the Publishing Triangle’s [[Thom Gunn Award]]. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at [[Northwestern University]].
+'''Charif Shanahan''' is an American poet and translator. His debut poetry collection ''Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing'' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2017) was the recipient of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award, selected by Allison Joseph, and a finalist for the [[Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry]] and the Publishing Triangle's [[Thom Gunn Award]]. He is currently an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at [[Northwestern University]].
 == Education ==
-Shanahan earned an AB in Comparative Literature from [[Princeton University]]; an AM in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation from [[Dartmouth College]]; and an MFA in Poetry from NYU’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, where he studied with Sharon Olds, Catherine Barnett, and Yusef Komunyakaa, with whom he had first worked as an undergraduate at Princeton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charif-shanahan |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
+Shanahan earned an AB in Comparative Literature from [[Princeton University]]; an AM in Comparative Literature and Literary Translation from [[Dartmouth College]]; and an MFA in Poetry from NYU's Graduate Creative Writing Program, where he studied with Sharon Olds, Catherine Barnett, and Yusef Komunyakaa, with whom he had first worked as an undergraduate at Princeton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charif-shanahan |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
 == Career ==
-Shanahan is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at [[Northwestern University]], where he teaches in the undergraduate and Litowitz MFA+MA programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan: Department of English |url=https://english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/shanahan-charif.html |website=Northwestern University |language=en}}</ref> Previously, he taught at [[Stanford University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan {{!}} Creative Writing Program |url=https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/people/charif-shanahan |website=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref> where he held both a [[Stegner Fellowship|Wallace Stegner Fellowship]] in Poetry and [[Jones Lectureship]] in Poetry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Stegner Fellows {{!}} Creative Writing Program |url=https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/meet-stegner-fellows/former-stegner-fellows |website=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref>
+Shanahan is currently an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at [[Northwestern University]], where he teaches in the undergraduate and Litowitz MFA+MA programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan: Department of English |url=https://english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/shanahan-charif.html |website=Northwestern University |language=en}}</ref> Previously, he taught at [[Stanford University]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Charif Shanahan {{!}} Creative Writing Program |url=https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/people/charif-shanahan |website=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref> where he held both a [[Stegner Fellowship|Wallace Stegner Fellowship]] in Poetry and [[Jones Lectureship]] in Poetry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Stegner Fellows {{!}} Creative Writing Program |url=https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/meet-stegner-fellows/former-stegner-fellows |website=Stanford University |language=en}}</ref>
 His work has also recently been anthologized in ''African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song'' (Library of America, 2020), ''Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry'' (Northwestern University Press, 2019), and ''American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time'' (Graywolf Press, 2018).
 As a translator, he works primarily from Italian. His translations of Italian-language poets Gëzim Hajdari and Donata Berra have been published in ''Circumference'',<ref>{{cite web |title=who will quell our intense desire to solve {{!}} Circumference Magazine |url=https://circumferencemag.com/who-will-quell-our-intense-desire-to-solve/ |publisher=Circumference Magazine |date=25 July 2012}}</ref> ''A Public Space'', and ''[[RHINO Poetry]]''.
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 * Finalist, [[Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry]] (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lambda Literary Awards Finalists & Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous-winners-3/page/2/?a_search&award_year=2017&award_classifications&award_status&award_categories |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}</ref>
 * Finalist, [[Thom Gunn Award]], Publishing Triangle (2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/thom-gunn-gay-poetry/ |website=The Publishing Triangle}}</ref>
-* Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, Stanford University (2016-18)
+* Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Poetry, Stanford University (2016–18)
 * Gregory Pardlo Fellowship, [[The Frost Place]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory Pardlo Scholarship |url=https://frostplace.org/index.php/programs/poetry-seminar-3/gregory-pardlo-scholarship/ |website=The Frost Place |date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
 * [[Millay Colony for the Arts|Millay Colony for the Arts Fellow]] (2016)
 * The Edward Stanley Award, [[Prairie Schooner]] (2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prairie Schooner Awards $8,500 to 2015 Writing Prize Winners |url=https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/news/prairie-schooner-awards-8500-2015-writing-prize-winners |website=Prairie Schooner}}</ref>
-* [[Cave Canem Foundation]] Fellowship (2013-15)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=https://cavecanempoets.org/fellow/ |website=Cave Canem |language=en}}</ref>
+* [[Cave Canem Foundation]] Fellowship (2013–15)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fellows |url=https://cavecanempoets.org/fellow/ |website=Cave Canem |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Books==
-*Shanahan, Charif (2017). Into each room we enter without knowing. Carbondale. ISBN 978-0809335770.<ref>{{cite web |last1=March |first1=Thomas |title=Appreciations: Charif Shanahan’s "Preface" |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/12/appreciations-charif-shanahans-preface/ |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |date=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eilbert |first1=Natalie |title=Tell Me I Belong Here: On Charif Shanahan’s “Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing” |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tell-me-i-belong-here-on-charif-shanahans-into-each-room-we-enter-without-knowing/ |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |language=en |date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Eilbert Explores Charif Shanahan's Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing by Harriet Staff |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2017/08/natalie-eilbert-reviews-charif-shanahans-into-each-room-we-enter-without-knowing |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |date=19 February 2023}}</ref>
+*Shanahan, Charif (2017). Into each room we enter without knowing. Carbondale. ISBN 978-0809335770.<ref>{{cite web |last1=March |first1=Thomas |title=Appreciations: Charif Shanahan’s "Preface" |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2017/12/appreciations-charif-shanahans-preface/ |website=Lambda Literary |language=en |date=4 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eilbert |first1=Natalie |title=Tell Me I Belong Here: On Charif Shanahan’s "Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing" |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/tell-me-i-belong-here-on-charif-shanahans-into-each-room-we-enter-without-knowing/ |website=Los Angeles Review of Books |language=en |date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Eilbert Explores Charif Shanahan's Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing by Harriet Staff |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2017/08/natalie-eilbert-reviews-charif-shanahans-into-each-room-we-enter-without-knowing |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en |date=19 February 2023}}</ref>
 *Shanahan, Charif (2023). Trace evidence : poems. Portland, Oregon. ISBN 978-1953534668.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781953534668 |website=Publishers Weekly }}</ref>