John Poch

John Poch
Born	1966
Occupation	Author/Professor

John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, fiction writer, and critic.

Biography

John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida ^[1] and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas. ^[2] He was the inaugural Colgate University Creative Writing Fellow, and from 2001 to 2023 he taught in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University. ^[3] He serves as series editor for the Vassar Miller Poetry Prize at the University of North Texas Press, and for ten years edited 32 Poems with poet Deborah Ager. ^[4]

In 2023, Poch accepted the position of Professor of English and Creative Writing at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. ^[5] In this role, he has also served as one of the original organizers of the Winona Christian Writer's Conference. ^[6]

Awards

• Fulbright Core Scholar Fellowship (University of Barcelona, 2014) ^[7]
• New Criterion Poetry Prize ^[8]
• Donald Justice Poetry Prize ^[9]
• Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize ^[10]
• Colgate Creative Writing Fellowship ^[11]
• The Nation/Discovery Prize ^[12]

Publications

Poetry collections

• Between Two Rivers. Texas Tech University Press. 2019. ISBN   9781682830383.
• TEXASES. Wordfarm. 2019. ISBN   9781602260221.
• Longsuffering.
• Fix Quiet. St. Augustine's Press. 2015. ISBN   978-1587312694.
• Dolls. Orchises Press. 2009. ISBN   9781932535204.
• Two Men Fighting with a Knife. Story Line Press. 2008. ISBN   9780978599799.
• Ghost Towns of the Enchanted Circle. Flying Horse Editions. 2007.
• Chad Davidson and John Poch. Hockey Haiku: The Essential Collection . St. Martin's Press. 2006. ISBN   9780312356071.
• Poems. Orchises Press. 2004. ISBN   9781932535006.
• Old Flame (editor, with Deborah Ager and Bill Beverly). WordFarm Press. 2012.
• Gracious: Poems from the 21st Century South. Texas Tech University Press. 2020.
• Cantiamo, Prendiamo Il Coltello (translated by Pietro Federico). Edizioni Ensemble. 2022.
• Pietro Federico, Most of the Stars: An American Song (translator). St Augustine's Press. 2025.

Criticism

• God's Poems: The Beauty of Poetry and the Christian Imagination. St Augustine's Press. 2022.
• Notes on the Poet: A Little Book of Criticism. Measure Press. 2023.

Chapbook

• In Defense of the Fall. Trilobite Press. 2000.

Online Works

• PBS Interview
• "Liquid Italy", Linebreak
• "Shrike", Videopoem
• "Sonnet on Time", Videopoem
• "3 Prose Poems", Hobart
• "The Ghost Town", Verse Daily
• "February Flu", Paris Review
• "Elegy for a Suicide", Poetry

References

1. "Alumni & Alumnae Teaching at Universities". web.english.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-31.
2. "John Poch". 22 September 2021.
3. "Verse Daily: About Two Men Fighting with a Knife by John Poch".
4. "Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: General Department Information :: John Poch". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
5. "Finding Beauty through a Degree in English: Meet John Poch, Professor of English and Creative Writing". Grace College Campus News & Blogs. September 11, 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
6. "Grace College to Host Inaugural Winona Christian Writers Conference". Grace College Campus News & Blogs. November 25, 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
7. "John Poch | Fulbright Scholar Program".
8. "John Poch wins 2014 New Criterion Poetry Prize".
9. "Professor Receives Prestigious Donald Justice Poetry Prize | July | 2008 | Texas Tech Today | TTU".
10. "Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
11. "Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
12. "Texas Tech University :: Department of English :: Faculty Profiles :: Honors and Awards: P-R". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-03-21.