{{short description|American poet (born 1973)}} {{Use mdy dates |date=April 2025}} {{Infobox academic | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} | occupation = Scholar }}
'''Srikanth Reddy''' (born 1973) is an American scholar, poet and writer. He received National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Creative Capital Award In 2013, and Guggenheim fellowship in 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/srikanth-reddy/|title=Srikanth Reddy|website=gf.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NEA Literature Fellowships |url=https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/srikanth-reddy |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=arts.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Underworld Lit |url=https://creative-capital.org/projects/underworld-lit |access-date=22 May 2020 |work=creative-capital.org}}</ref>
Reddy delivered the Bagley Wright Lectures in Poetry in fall 2015, and served as a judge for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/judges/2019-judges|title=2019 Judges|publisher = Griffin Poetry Prize|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bagley Wright Lecture Series |url=https://bagleywrightlectures.org/post/128048167210/readings-by-srikanth-reddy |access-date=22 May 2020 |website=bagleywrightlectures.org}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Reddy was born in the United States to Telugu physician parents from southern India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PublicityTeam |date=2022-12-21 |title=Read an Interview with Srikanth Reddy, Editor of the Phoenix Poets Series – The Chicago Blog |url=https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2022/12/21/read-an-interview-with-srikanth-reddy-editor-of-the-phoenix-poets-series.html |access-date=2025-07-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
==Career== He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/srikanth-reddy|title=Srikanth Reddy|publisher = Poetry Foundation |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.uchicago.edu/faculty/srikanth-chicu-reddy|title=Department of English Language and Literature|publisher = University of Chicago |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
His poetry has been published in ''Jacket'' magazine,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jacketmagazine.com/19/red1.html|work = Jacket|title= Srikanth Reddy: Four Poems |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> ''Poetry Northwest'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poetrynw.org/srikanth-reddy-voyager-book-3-chapter-6|title= Voyager, Book 3 (Chapter 6)| work = Poetry Northwest|date= September 26, 2018|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> ''Harper's Magazine'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://harpers.org/archive/2020/02/farther-away-srikanth-reddy-underworld-lit|title= Farther Away|magazine= Harper's Magazine |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> and ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/aug/10/the-new-colossus-emma-lazarus-poems-donald-trump-immigration|title= Trump V the Statue of Liberty|work = The Guardian |date= August 10, 2017|access-date=22 May 2020|last1= Spencer|first1= Jane|last2= Morris|first2= Sam}}</ref> and his literary criticism has appeared in ''The New York Times'', Lana Turner, Raritan, ''PEN America'', and other publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.srikanthreddypoet.com/literary-criticism-and-interviews|title= Srikanth Reddy|work=srikanthreddypoet.com|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
In October 2021, Reddy was announced as the editor of Phoenix Poets, a book series published by the University of Chicago Press,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2021/10/05/phoenix-poets-series-to-relaunch-in-2023-with-srikanth-reddy-as-editor-rosa-alcala-douglas-kearney-and-katie-peterson-as-consulting-editors.html|title= Phoenix Poets Series to Relaunch in 2023 with Srikanth Reddy as Editor, Rosa Alcalá, Douglas Kearney, and Katie Peterson as Consulting Editors|date= October 5, 2021| publisher = University of Chicago Press |access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> and in December 2022, he assumed the role of poetry editor for ''The Paris Review''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/12/13/letter-from-the-reviews-new-poetry-editor/|title= A Letter from the ''Review's'' New Poetry Editor|work= The Paris Review|date= December 13, 2022|access-date=13 December 2022}}</ref>
==Works== * {{cite book| title=Facts for Visitors: Poems|url=https://archive.org/details/factsforvisitors00redd| url-access=registration|date=20 March 2004|publisher= University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-93759-8}}<ref>{{dead link|date=April 2025}} {{Cite web|title = Facts for Visitors by Srikanth Reddy|url = http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2004_08_002966.php|work = Bookslut |access-date = 2015-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|jstor = 40784036|title = Reviewed Work: Facts for Visitors by Srikanth Reddy|last = Girard|first = Melissa|date = Autumn 2005|journal = Chicago Review }}</ref> * {{cite book| title=Voyager|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_foufWfneYUC|date=8 January 2011|publisher= University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-94826-6}}<ref>{{Cite news|title = Donna Seaman reviews 'Voyager' by Srikanth Reddy|url = http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-03-22/donna-seaman-reviews-voyager-srikanth-reddy-84071|publisher = WBEZ |access-date = 2015-09-17| quote = Voyager is a nuanced and haunting book of geopolitical, literary, moral, and spiritual inquiry. Guided by the poet, we envision the infinite mystery of space and the astonishing ingenuity and longevity of the Voyager mission. Srikanth Reddy also takes us on a voyage through the great unknown that resides within each of us––as we each carry our own etched records of memories, wounds, illusions, and hope on our journeys right here on spaceship Earth }}</ref> * ''Readings in World Literature''. Omnidawn. 1 September 2012. {{ISBN|9781890650643}}<ref>{{Cite web|title = Not Unlike... |url = https://pshares.org/blog/not-unlike-4/|access-date = 2025-12-16}}</ref> *{{cite book| title=Changing Subjects: Digressions in Modern American Poetry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GnvLan7xjwC|date=12 July 2012|publisher= Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-979102-6}} *{{cite book| title=Underworld Lit |url=https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/underworld-lit|date=4 August 2020|publisher= Wave Books |isbn=9781940696935}}<ref>{{Cite web|title = Underworld Lit by Srikanth Reddy|url = https://www.npr.org/books/titles/805277989/underworld-lit| publisher = NPR |access-date = 2020-05-22}}</ref> *{{cite book| title=The Unsignificant|url= https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/the-unsignificant|date=17 September 2024|publisher= Wave Books |isbn= 9798891060067}}<ref>{{Cite web|title = Paying Attention: A Review of Srikanth Reddy's ''Unsignificant'' |url = https://www.antiphonypress.com/items/mar-wee-on-reddy|access-date = 2025-06-24}}</ref>
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==External links== {{external media |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6uzuBv6xTc Two Poets Reading: Jeet Thayil and Srikanth Reddy], University of Chicago. April 3, 2015. |video2= }} *{{cite web|url=http://knoxwritershouse.com/The_Knox_Writers_House_Site/The_Knox_Writers_House___Srikanth_Reddy.html|title=Srikanth Reddy recorded in Chicago, IL with Suzanne Buffam|date=November 28, 2022 |publisher= A Map of Voices: The Knox Writers’ House Recording Project}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/the-technocrats-guide-to-the-galaxy|title=The Technocrat's Guide to the Galaxy|publisher=Triple Canopy}}
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