Forrest Gander is a writer and translator with degrees in geology and literature. He was born in the Mojave Desert, grew up in Virginia, and taught for many years at Brown University with his wife, the poet CD Wright. Among Gander’s most recent books are Be With, the novel The Trace, and Eiko & Koma, a collaboration with the eponymous movement artists. Gander’s book Core Samples from the World was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gander is also a translator whose recent works include Alice Iris Red Horse: Poems by Gozo Yoshimasu and Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems. He is the recipient of grants from the Library of Congress and the Guggenheim, Howard, Whiting and United States Artists Foundations.
Works Online:
- Boston Review, “Evaporation 2”
- Conjunctions, “Mission Thief”
- ForrestGander.com, “From A Faithful Existence”
- ForrestGander.com, “Poetics statement for Lyric Postmodernism, edited by Reginald Shepherd”
- ForrestGander.com, Selected Essays & Reviews
- Pen America, “Two Poems by Forrest Gander”
- Poems.com, “The Pamirs Poetry Journal”
- Poetry Foundation Bio & Works
- Poets.org, “Poems by Forrest Gander”
Interviews:
- Between The Covers, “Forrest Gander: Be With” (audio)
- Blog Talk Radio, “Joe Milford Hosts Forrest Gander” (audio)
- Cordite Poetry Review, “Paul Magee Interviews Forrest Gander”
- The Double Negative, “‘There is no monstrous act that isn’t in all of us’ – The Big Interview: Forrest Gander”
- The Florida Review Online, “Interview: Forrest Gander”
- ForrestGander.com, “Interview with Mario Hibert in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzagovina”
- ForrestGander.com, “Interview with Ryan Biacree for The Interrobang”
- ForrestGander.com, “Interview with Sharon Osmond for St. Mary’s Magazine”
- KCRW, “Coral Bracho and translator Forrest Gander” (audio)
- New England Public Radio, “Mourning With Words” (audio)
- Poetry Northwest, “I Entered Into Unknowing: A Conversation with Forrest Gander”
- The Poetry Society of America, “Poet Novelist: An Interview with Forrest Gander”
- Reading in Translation, “Forrest Gander on editing untranslatable poet Yoshimasu Gozo”
- The Rumpus, “The Rumpus Interview with Forrest Gander”
- Three Percent, “‘Watchword’ Review and Interview with Forrest Gander”
- Tin House, “Border Crossings: A conversation between Forrest Gander and John Benditt”
Official Website: https://forrestgander.com
