Han VanderHart

Poet

Durham, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
hanvhart@gmail.com
Website: 
hanvanderhart.com
Twitter/X: 
@hmvanderhart

Author's Bio

Han VanderHart is a genderqueer Southern writer living in Durham, North Carolina. They have poetry and essays published in The Boston Globe, Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, The Rumpus, AGNI and elsewhere. Han hosts Of Poetry podcast, edits Moist Poetry Journal and reviews at EcoTheo Review, and is the author of the poetry collection What Pecan Light (Bull City Press, 2021). Han recently founded the micro poetry press River River Books with Amorak Huey.

Education: 
George Mason University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Frost Place
North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference
Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Divine Dirt Quarterly
,
Measure
,
Poets for Living Waters
,
Prick of the Spindle
,
Rock & Sling
,
Ruminate
,
So to Speak
,
Spirituality & Health
,
The Christian Century
,
Tipton Poetry Journal
Prizes won: 

Second Place: “Penelope Weaves a Shroud for a Dying Man,” Flyleaf Books Second Thursday Poetry Contest, judged by Ann Garbett, 2017 / Finalist: “A Flower for Niedecker,” NC Humanities Council’s Linda Flowers Literary Award, 2017 / First Place: “Owls,” Ruminate Magazine, Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, Judged by Vito Aiuto, 2010

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Start with C.D. Wright and go out from there.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Southern, White
Prefers to work with: 
Any, Disability, Illness/Wellness, LGBTQ, Parents, Schools, Teachers, Women
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Opal, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
VA
Virginia
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Last update: Jun 02, 2022