William Wenthe is an American poet and professor. He is currently a Horn Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Texas Tech University.https://www.ttu.edu/now/posts/2025/03/texas-tech-names-99th-and-100th-horn-distinguished-professors.php His most recent poetry collection is Words Before Dawn (Louisiana State University Press, 2013). His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Georgia Review, Southern Review, Callaloo, Tin House, Paris Review,Paris Review > Issue 171, Fall 2004 > Picture of the Author with Vice President by William Wenthe Poetry, and in anthologies including Poets on Place (Utah State University Press, 2005). His honors include a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts.Faculty Page: William Wenthe > Texas Tech University
Born and raised in New Jersey, Wenthe earned his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He lives in Lubbock with his wife, the poet Jacqueline Kolosov, and their daughter Sophia.Jacqueline Kolosov’s Website > Bio He is the poetry editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.
Published works Words Before Dawn (Louisiana State University Press, 2012) LSU Press :: Books - Words Before Dawn Not Till We Are Lost (Louisiana State University Press, 2003) Birds of Hoboken (Orchises Press, 1995)Orchises Press Catalog
Honors and awards 2009 Everett Southwest Literary AwardThe Kenyon Review > October 2009 Newsletter 2004 Natalie Ornish Best Book of Poetry AwardThe Poetry Resource Page > Award-Winning Books > Natalie Ornish Award (Texas Institute of Letters) 1995 National Endowment for the Arts FellowshipNEA Literature Fellowships > 40 Years of Supporting American Writers
References
External links Author Page: William Wenthe > Louisiana State University Press Faculty Page: William Wenthe > Texas Tech University Poem: AGNI Online > 2008 > Goldsmith and Charity by William Wenthe Poem: Callaloo > Volume 32, Number 1, Winter 2009 > Reading by William Wenthe