Wesley McNair has twice been invited to read his poetry by the Library of Congress, served five times on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, received the PEN New England Award for Literary Excellence in Poetry, and was honored with a United States Artists Fellowship as one of America's "finest living artists." His most recent book-length poem is Dwellers in the House of the Lord.
Praise for Wesley McNair
"One of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry."—Philip
Levine, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner
"Because he is a true poet, his New England is unlimited. Whole
lives fill small lines, real to this poet, therefore to us."—Donald
Hall, Harvard Book Review
Dwellers in the House of the Lord (Godine, 2020): "There's so much
life in this beautiful book that it feels like a living thing.
Wesley McNair is a kind of Chekhov of American poetry.”—Ted Kooser,
Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate
The Unfastening (Godine, 2017): "A distinctly New England strain of
candor and restraint and a walloping matter-of-factness."—The
Boston Globe
The Ghosts of Me and You (Godine, 2006): "McNair’s poems are full
of people with lives like his own, like ours, ordinary lives that
are incredibly unique and complex."—Louis McKee, Library
Journal
The Town of No & My Brother Running (Godine, 1998): “McNair is one
of the only handful of younger poets willing to take risks. This
is, without a doubt, one of the year’s best poetry
collections.”—ALA Booklist
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