C. Dale Young
C. Dale Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1969 |
| Alma mater | BS, Boston College, MFA, University of Florida, MD, University of Florida |
| Occupations | Poet Physician Editor Educator |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Poetry Short Stories |
| Website | www |
C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American poet and writer, physician, editor and educator of Asian and Latino descent.[1]
Life
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]
Poetry
Collections
- Building the Perfect Animal: New & Selected Poems, poems (Four Way Books, 2025)
- Prometeo, poems (Four Way Books, 2021)
- The Halo, poems (Four Way Books, 2016)
- Torn, poems (Four Way Books, 2011)
- The Second Person, poems (Four Way Books, 2007)
- The Day Underneath the Day, poems (Northwestern University Press, 2001)
Limited Edition
- Torn, letter-press broadside (Mad River Press, 2004)
Fiction
Collections
- The Affliction, novel-in-stories (Four Way Books, 2018)
Short stories
- "The Intersection" (Blackbird, Spring 2021)
- "The News" (The Normal School, March 31, 2016)
- "Inside the Great House" (The Hopkins Review, Fall 2014)
- "Jewels" (Waxwing, Summer 2014)
- "The Fortunate" (Blackbird, May 5, 2014)
- "Desaparecido" (Waxwing, Spring 2014)
- "Between Men" (Four Way Review, Sep 30, 2012)
- "The Affliction" (Guernica, Feb 15, 2010)
Essays
Awards
- 2026: Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, Finalist[5]
- 2022: UNT Rilke Prize, Finalist[6]
- 2019: John Gardner Fiction Book Award, Finalist
- 2019: Boston College Arts Council Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement[7]
- 2017: The 2016 Lambda Literary Award in Poetry, Finalist[8]
- 2017: Hanes Award in Poetry, given by the Fellowship of Southern Writers[9]
- 2015: UCSF 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award[10]
- 2014: Stanley W. Lindberg Award for Literary Editing[11]
- 2012: Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation for residency at the Bellagio Study Center in 2013[12]
- 2012: The MacDowell Colony, Residency Fellowship
- 2012: 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship[13]
- 2009: Amanda Davis Returning Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
- 2008: 2009 Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts[14]
- 2008: 2007 ForeWord Magazine Poetry Book of the Year Award, Finalist
- 2008: The 2007 Lambda Literary Award in Poetry, Finalist
- 2008: Northern California Book Award in Poetry, Finalist
- 2007: The Corporation of Yaddo, Residency Fellowship
- 2004: Academy of American Poets' James Laughlin Award, Finalist
- 2003: Stanley P. Young Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
- 2002: Norma Farber Poetry Award, Finalist
- 1992: Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Poetry, Sewanee Writers' Conference
- 1992: Grolier Poetry Prize
See also
Notes
- ↑ Ripatrazone, Nick (January 26, 2011). "Interview with C. Dale Young". The Fine Delight: Catholicism in Literature. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Rick Barot Named NER's New Poetry Editor for Fall 2014". 25 July 2014.
- ↑ Acknowledgments pages from the author's books
- ↑ "Homepage". C. Dale Young. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- ↑ "38th Annual Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced". The Publishing Triangle. April 2026. Archived from the original on July 1, 2026. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Belarusian poet named winner of UNT's 2022 Rilke Prize". 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "Boston College will hold its annual celebration of the arts April 25–27".
- ↑ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". 14 March 2017.
- ↑ "FSW | Hanes Award".
- ↑ "UCSF Online Community main". Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "C. Dale Young Receives Award for Literary Editing". New England Review. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "2013 Arts & Literary Arts Fellows". Rockefeller Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "2012 Guggenheim Fellows". The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-16. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ "2009 GRANT AWARDS: Literature Fellowships (Poetry)". National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11.
External links
- Author's website
- C. Dale Young's weblog
- C. Dale Young's first published short story in Guernica
- R.J. Gibson interviews the author for Lambda Literary
- Sasha West interviews the author for Gulf Coast Magazine
- Jacket Magazine's Review of The Day Underneath the Day
- Night Air in this piece from The Washington Post (August 19, 2007), Robert Pinsky discusses C. Dale Young's poem "Night Air", found in his book, The Second Person.
- Peter Campion reviews Torn in the Los Angeles Review of Books
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- 32 Poems people
- St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida) alumni
- Boston College alumni
- University of Florida College of Medicine alumni
- Poets from California
- American gay writers
- American oncologists
- University of California, San Francisco alumni
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
- Warren Wilson College faculty
- 21st-century American male poets
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- American poet, 20th-century birth stubs
- American short story writer stubs