Background
He was born in Provo, Utah in 1972, the only son to Olympic Track and Field medalist, Ralph Mann.
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Education
Mann received Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the in 1997.
Career
He is also co-author of the textbook Writing Poems (7th ed Pearson Longman, 2007). His poetry often describes Florida, San Francisco, and contemporary gay life. Mann currently lives in San Francisco, California.
Poetry Rain / Complaint in the Garden / The Lady Wishfort / Social Blind Date at the Blue Plate / The After Party /A Sick Day Ganymede on Polk Street / Orpheus at cafe Flore / Short Short / Abandoned Landscapes / Elipsis / Postcard from California A View / American (Bathroom) Graffiti Aubade Old Haunts The Future Tense Song Fetish North Last Call Poem Beginning with a Lincolnshire by John Ashbery Cockroach The Sunset Night: A Fragment The End of Landscape Ian Hamilton in Florida Monday (with history of composition) Non-Fiction Thom Gunn: A memoir of reading The Illusion of Intimacy: Discovering John Ashbery A Poem I Love Interviews The Kenyon Review Interview an interview by J. Michael Wahlgreen First Book Interviews.
Achievements
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He is the author of Straight Razor (Persea Books, 2013), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Breakfast with Thom Gunn (University of Chicago, 2009), finalist for the California Book Award and Lambda Literary Award, and Complaint in the Garden (Zoo Press, 2004), winner of the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry.
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Awards
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Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the 'Lammys') are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.