Forrest Gander

Forrest Gander is a writer, translator, and editor of several anthologies of writing from Spain and Mexico. “Be With,” Gander’s most recent collection, won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award. His 2011 poetry collection “Core Samples from the World” was a finalist for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His other books include two novels, “As A Friend” and “The Trace,” the poetry collections “Eye Against Eye,” “Torn Awake,” and “Science & Steepleflower,” and the essay collection “Faithful Existence: Reading, Memory & Transcendence.” Gander’s essays have appeared in The Nation, The Boston Review, and The New York Times Book Review. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim, Howard, United States Artists, and Whiting Foundations.