Blas Falconer is an American poet, editor, and professor.
Blas Falconer is the author of four full-length poetry collections: A Question of Gravity and Light (University of Arizona Press, 2007); The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012); Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018); and Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024), which won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. [1] His poems have appeared in literary journals, including The Adroit Journal , [2] Alaska Quarterly Review [3] , Green Mountains Review [4] , The Harvard Review [5] , The New York Times [6] , Poetry [7] , and Terrain.org [8] .
Along with poets Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa, Falconer co-edited Mentor & Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010). [9] With writer Lorraine M. López, Falconer co-edited The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011). [10]
Falconer is Editor in Chief of Poetry International Online. [11] Previously, he served as the poetry editor for both Zone 3 Press and Zone 3. [12] [13]
Raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., Falconer spent most summers in Salinas, Puerto Rico, with his maternal grandmother. [14] Falconer is a Professor of Poetry in the MFA program at San Diego State University. [15]
Falconer holds a B.A. from George Mason University, [16] an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston. [17]
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