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Anders Carlson-Wee is an American poet. His first collection, The Low Passions, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2019.[1] Norton published his second collection, Disease of Kings, in 2023.[2][3]
Anders Carlson-Wee | |
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Carlson-Wee Reading at The Frost Place in Franconia, NH in 2015. | |
| Born | May 18, 1985 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Education | Fairhaven College Vanderbilt University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Disease of Kings The Low Passions |
| Website | |
| www.anderscarlsonwee.com | |
Carlson-Wee was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota[4] to Lutheran pastor parents, and grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota.[5][6] He is a former professional rollerblader,[7] and has written extensively about dumpster diving,[8] as well as hopping freight trains and traveling the country.[9] He has dyslexia.[10][11]
He has two brothers: poet and filmmaker Kai Carlson-Wee and entrepreneur Olaf Carlson-Wee.
Carlson-Wee studied at Fairhaven College of Western Washington University before earning his MFA at Vanderbilt University.[12][13]
His poems have been published in various journals and magazines including The Paris Review,[14] Harvard Review,[15] BuzzFeed,[16] The American Poetry Review,[17] Ploughshares,[18] and Virginia Quarterly Review.[19]
Anders is co-director of the poetry film Riding the Highline, which has won numerous prizes at film festivals.[20]
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