^ "National Book Critics Circle: awards". "Lannan Literary Program - Lannan Foundation". "Poetry Personas: Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work". ^ "Richard Siken - Western Illinois University". National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants. Lannan Residency Program, Spring 2014. National Book Critics Circle Award, 2005, finalist. Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition, 2004, for Crush. Siken is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, two Arizona Commission on the Arts grants, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Thom Gunn Award. Awards Ĭrush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück. On December 4, 2020, he published his first post-stroke poem, "Real Estate" on after announcing it on his Facebook the day prior. On March 19, 2019, Siken reported on his Facebook that he had recently suffered a stroke. 
Siken currently lives in Tucson, Arizona. Siken's book War of the Foxes became a recipient of two residencies with the Lannan Residency Program, and a Lannan Literary Selection. The 1991 death of his boyfriend influenced his writing of the book.
Siken received a Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his book Crush was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for "Gay Men's Poetry" in 2005, and the Thom Gunn Award from Publishing Triangle. In 2001, Siken co-founded Spork Press, where he continues to work as an editor. in psychology and later a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the University of Arizona. His second book of poems, War of the Foxes, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2015. He is the author of the collection Crush ( Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004. Richard Siken (born February 15, 1967) is an American poet, painter, and filmmaker.
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