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Christopher Buckley
and Gary Young
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![]() Read a poem by Christopher Buckley on Poetry Daily.
photo by Matt Valentine
Gary Young is a poet and artist whose honors include grants from the NEH,
the California Arts Council, and two fellowship grants from the NEA. Hes received a Pushcart Prize, and his book, The Dream of a Moral Life, won
the James D. Phelan Award. He is the author of Hands, Days, Braver Deeds, (Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize), No Other Life, (William Carlos Williams Award),
Pleasure, and Even So: New and Selected Poems. His latest chapbook, Adversary, was recently released by Miramar Editions. His print work is
represented in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Getty Center for the Arts. In 2009 he received the
Shelley Memorial Award from the PSA. He teaches creative writing, and directs the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz.
Read a poem by and interview with Gary Young on How a Poem Happens.
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Poetry Santa Cruz is funded, in part, by a grant from Arts Council Santa Cruz County. Some events are supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Poetry Santa Cruz is also grateful for the support of its members and donors, In Celebration of the Muse, and those who donated in memory of Maude Meehan and Kathleen Flowers. The William James Association acted as our fiscal sponsor for our first four years. Our readings are supported by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Café, Cabrillo College, Darling House, and KUSP. Membership premiums have been donated by Graywolf Press, the University of Pittsburgh Press, Robert Sward, Coffee House Press, Copper Canyon Press, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux. | |
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