Derick Burleson

Derick Burleson’s most recent book of poems is Melt (Marick Press). His first two collections of poems are Never Night (Marick Press) and Ejo: Poems, Rwanda, 1991-1994 (University of Wisconsin Press). His poems have appeared in the Georgia Review, the Kenyon Review, the Paris Review, the Southern Review, and Poetry, among other journals. Burleson directs the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and lives in Two Rivers, Alaska.

Prize anthology mentions

Pushcart (Poetry) 2013*

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