Richard Siken
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Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His book Crush (Yale University Press, 2005) won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Thom Gunn Award. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books include War of the Foxes (Copper Canyon Press, 2015). Siken has received a Pushcart Prize, two Lannan residencies, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.