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Shann Ray (born in Billings, Montana, on October 3, 1967) is an American poet, novelist, and scholar of forgiveness. He writes poetry and literary fiction under the name Shann Ray in honor of his mother Saundra Rae, and social science as Shann Ray Ferch. He is the author of the novel American Copper (Unbridled Books, 2015), American Masculine: Stories (Graywolf Press, 2011), Forgiveness and Power in the Age of Atrocity (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011), Blood Fire Vapor Smoke: Stories (Unsolicited Press, 2019), Sweetclover: Poems (Lost Horse Press, 2019), Atomic Theory 7: Poems (Resource Publications, 2020) and Balefire: Poems (Lost Horse Press, 2014). He is also the editor with Larry C. Spears of Conversations on Servant Leadership: Insights on Human Courage in Life and Work (SUNY Press) and The Spirit of Servant Leadership (Paulist Press), and the editor with Jiying Song of Servant Leadership and Forgiveness: How Leaders Help Heal the Heart of the World (SUNY Press). His work has appeared worldwide in literary magazines and scientific journals, including Poetry (magazine) , McSweeney's , [1] Poetry International , [2] Narrative Magazine, [3] the Journal of Counseling and Development, [4] the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, [5] and the Voices of Servant Leadership Series. [6]

His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, the American Book Award, two High Plains Book Awards, the Foreword Book of the Year Readers Choice Award, and the Bakeless Prize, formerly given annually in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction [7] a Fellowship of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, [8] the Subterrain Poetry Prize, [9] the Crab Creek Review Fiction Prize, [10] the Pacific Northwest Inlander Short Fiction Award, [11] the Poetry Quarterly Poetry Prize, and the Ruminate Short Story Prize. [12] His poems and stories have been selected for the Best New Poets [13] and the Best of McSweeney's [14] anthologies.

Among other leading literary venues in America, Ray's poems and stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Northwest Review, the William and Mary Review, Montana Quarterly, Borderlands, the South Dakota Review, and StoryQuarterly . [15]

Ray's work in leadership and forgiveness studies has garnered critical acclaim. [16] He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities, [17] as a research psychologist for the Centers for Disease Control, [18] and as a visiting scholar in the Netherlands, Colombia, Canada, the Philippines, and South Africa. [15] He is the editor of The International Journal of Servant Leadership, [19] and currently teaches leadership and forgiveness studies in the doctoral program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. [20]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Great Divide, McSweeney's, issue 12 lead story, 2003
  2. ↑ The Violence Elegies, Poetry International, issue 11, 2007
  3. ↑ Mrs. Secrest, Narrative, Winter issue, 2005
  4. ↑ Intentional Forgiving as a Counseling Intervention. Journal of Counseling and Development, 76(3), 261-270
  5. ↑ Intentional Forgiveness in Relational Leadership, Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies Winter/Spring 2001 vol. 7 no. 4 70-83
  6. ↑ Servant Leadership, Forgiveness, and Restorative Justice, Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership
  7. ↑ "Previous Winners". Bakeless Prize. Archived from the original on 2011-08-08.
  8. ↑ Bread Loaf Fellow, 2011, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
  9. ↑ The Suicide Elegies, Subterrain Poetry Prize, 2009
  10. ↑ Rodin's The Hand of God, Crab Creek Review Fiction Prize, Summer issue, 2009
  11. ↑ How We Fall, Pacific Northwest Inlander Short Fiction Award, December 2009
  12. ↑ The Miracles of Vincent Van Gogh, selected by David James Duncan, Ruminate Short Story Prize, issue 15, Spring 2010
  13. ↑ A Quiet Poem, Best New Poets anthology, Meridian Press, November 2009
  14. ↑ The Great Divide, The Better of McSweeney's, Volume 2, edited by Dave Eggers, McSweeney's Books, May 2010
  15. 1 2 "Faculty". Gonzaga University.
  16. ↑ Larry Spears, considered the foremost scholar in servant leadership worldwide, selected Shann Ray's work for the Voices of Servant Leadership Series. Renowned leadership scholar Barbara Kellerman at the Harvard Kennedy School stated his work in servant leadership is explored with "integrity, intelligence, and... inspiration," and Andrew Benton, President Emeritus of Pepperdine University, stated "in a world where hurt and hate dominate the headlines, Shann Ray is a bold purveyor of peace and love." In addition, Ray's essays, scientific articles, and presentations have appeared with or been delivered at the International Leadership Association, the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership and the Spears Center for Servant Leadership.
  17. ↑ "National Endowment for the Humanities". NEH.
  18. ↑ "Centers for Disease Control". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  19. ↑ International Journal of Servant Leadership, IJSL
  20. ↑ "Faculty". Gonzaga University.

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