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American poet

Duy Doan is an American poet. In 2017, his manuscript, We Play a Game, was selected by Carl Phillips for the Yale Younger Poets Prize; the book was subsequently published by Yale University Press in March of 2018.

Early life

Doan was born to two Vietnamese parents who had fled from Vietnam in 1975 and resettled in Texas. He graduated with an English degree from the University of Texas at Austin and later an MFA in poetry from Boston University.

Career

Doan's poems have appeared in Poets.org, Poetry Northwest, The Common, The Margins, Poetry Daily.

Doan is a Kundiman fellow and the director of the Favorite Poem Project. His work has been supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the St. Botolph Club Foundation. He has taught at Lesley University, Boston University, and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

In 2018, Doan's debut poetry collection, We Play a Game, was released by Yale University Press; it had been selected by Phillips for the Yale Series of Younger Poets the year before. In 2019, it won the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry. Doan's second poetry collection, Zombie Vomit Mad Libs, is scheduled to release in November of 2024, published by Alice James Books.

References

  1. ^ "Duy Doan is named the newest Yale Younger Poet". YaleNews. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  2. Christiansen, Paul (April 3, 2019). "Saigoneer Bookshelf: Serious Play with Poet Duy Doan". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. "Duy Doan Named 2017 Yale Series of Younger Poets Winner". The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. Doan, Duy. "Duet". Poets.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. Doan, Duy. "Three Poems". www.poetrynw.org. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  6. "August 2024 Poetry Feature: New Poems By Our Contributors". The Common. 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  7. Doan, Duy (2018-03-06). "Three Tongue Twisters: Poems by Duy Doan". Asian American Writers' Workshop. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  8. Doan, Duy. "Duy Đoàn on "History Lesson from Anh Hai"". Poetry Daily. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  9. "Fellows". Kundiman. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  10. O'Rourke, John (2017-09-11). "Favorite Poem Project to Celebrate 20th Anniversary". Boston University. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  11. "Fellows Notes - Mar 13". Massachusetts Cultural Council. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  12. "Literature – St. Botolph Club Foundation". Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  13. "31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  14. "Alice James Books Welcomes Duy Đoàn". Alice James Books. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
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