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Richard Siken

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American poet

United StatesWritersBorn 1967 · age 59
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Richard Siken is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. His first poetry collection, Crush (2005), was selected by Louise Glück as the winner of the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition and went on to win a Lambda Literary Award and a Thom Gunn Award.

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Siken reading "Family Therapy" at the 2025 National Book Awards finalist reading.Siken reading "Family Therapy" at the 2025 National Book Awards finalist reading.

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Lambda Literary Award

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Richard Siken is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker. His first poetry collection, Crush (2005), was selected by Louise Glück as the winner of the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition and went on to win a Lambda Literary Award and a Thom Gunn Award. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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living
Dates
Born 1967 · age 59
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6 languages

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