# Sean Singer

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{{short description|American poet (born 1974)}}
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'''Sean Singer''' (born 1974 in [Guadalajara, Mexico](/source/Guadalajara%2C_Mexico)) is an American poet. His book  ''Discography'' won the [Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition](/source/Yale_Series_of_Younger_Poets_Competition) and the [Norma Farber First Book Award](/source/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](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington) in 1997 and from [Washington University in St. Louis](/source/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](/source/Rutgers_University%E2%80%93Newark) 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}}

==References==
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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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Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:Writers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
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Category:Hunter College faculty
Category:Rutgers University–Newark alumni
Category:William Paterson University faculty
Category:Northern Arizona University faculty
Category:Barnard College faculty
Category:Yale Younger Poets winners

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