Chris Forhan, Assistant Professor, received his MFA from the University
of Virginia and MA from the University of New Hampshire. He specializes
in poetry and has published two full-length collections, most recently
The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars (2003).
His work has appeared in Poetry, Paris Review, Ploughshares, New England Review , Georgia Review, and other literary magazines, as well as several anthologies of contemporary poetry. He has received the Katherine Bakeless Nason, Samuel French Morse, and Pushcart prizes and the Washington State Book Award.
Representative Publications
The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars. Northeastern UP, 2003.
x. Floating Bridge Press, 2000.
Forgive Us Our Happiness. UP New England, 1999.
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry. Ed. Billy Collins. Random House, 2003.
The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Ed. Daniel Tobin. U Notre Dame Press, 2003.
Hammer and Blaze: A Gathering of Contemporary American Poets. Ed. Heather McHugh and Ellen Bryant Voigt. U Georgia Press, 2002.
The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology. Ed. Michael Collier. UP New England, 2000.
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