C. Dale Young | |
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| Born | April 18, 1969 |
| Occupation | Poet Physician Editor Educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | BS, Boston College, MFA, University of Florida, MD, University of Florida |
| Genre | Poetry Short Stories |
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C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American poet and writer, physician, editor and educator of Asian and Latino descent. [1]
Young writes and publishes poetry and short stories, practices medicine full-time, and teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. For 19 years, he edited poetry for New England Review , stepping down from the post of poetry editor there in August 2014. [2] His poems have appeared in many magazines and journals, including The Atlantic Monthly , The New Republic , The Paris Review , POETRY, Yale Review , and elsewhere. His work has also been included in anthologies, including The Best American Poetry . [3]
Young grew up in south Florida, and his early work is inspired by the tropical landscape of his home state. He holds degrees from Boston College (BS 1991) and the University of Florida (MFA 1993 and MD 1997). He completed his medical internship at the Riverside Regional Medical Center and his residency in radiation oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.
He lives in San Francisco, California. [4]
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