{{short description|American poet (born 1974)}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Sean Singer | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1974 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Guadalajara, Mexico | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | residence = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Indiana University Bloomington<br>Washington University in St. Louis<br>Rutgers University–Newark | home_town = | period = | genre = Poetry <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.org}} --> | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }} '''Sean Singer''' (born 1974 in Guadalajara, Mexico) is an American poet. His book ''Discography'' won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition and the Norma Farber First Book Award in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://americanstudies.newark.rutgers.edu/student/student_bios.htm|title=Graduate Program in American Studies at Rutgers University > People > Charles Russell|date=2010-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709025512/http://americanstudies.newark.rutgers.edu/student/student_bios.htm|access-date=2019-09-25|archive-date=2010-07-09}}</ref> His second book ''Honey & Smoke'' was published by Eyewear Publishing in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honey And Smoke|url=https://blackspringpressgroup.com/products/honey-and-smoke|access-date=2021-07-23|website=The Black Spring Press Group|language=en}}</ref> His third book, ''Today in the Taxi,'' was published by Tupelo Press in 2022.
==Life== He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1997 and from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999. He lives in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/sean-singer|title=Sean Singer|date=2018-05-30|website=NEA|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25|archive-date=2019-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925210417/https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/sean-singer|url-status=dead}}</ref> He maintains a daily newsletter on thinking through poetry called ''The Sharpener''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Singer|first=Sean|title=The Sharpener|url=https://seansinger.substack.com/|access-date=2021-07-23|website=seansinger.substack.com}}</ref> He received a Ph.D. from Rutgers University–Newark in 2013.
==Published works== *{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/discography00sing| url-access=registration| quote=Sean Singer.| title=Discography |author=Sean Singer | publisher=Yale University Press |year=2002| isbn=978-0300093629}} *''Honey & smoke'' London : Eyewear Publishing Ltd, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1908998439}}, {{OCLC|914297208}}
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==External links== *[http://www.generationj.com/gallery/artists/seans.php?content=../qa/seans_qa.txt ''Sean Singer'', Interview, GenJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214023955/http://www.generationj.com/gallery/artists/seans.php?content=../qa/seans_qa.txt |date=2012-02-14 }} *[https://www.seansingerpoetry.com/ Official website]
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