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Bio
Andrew Grace was born in 1978 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where his family has farmed for several generations.
He studied English literature at Kenyon College in Ohio, and earned his MFA at Washington University in St. Louis. He attended Stanford as a Stegner Fellow, and earned his Doctoral degree from the University of Cincinnati.
He is the the author of three books of poems, A Belonging Field (Salt Publishing), Shadeland (Ohio State University Press) and SANCTA (Ahsahta/Foundlings). His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, Boston Review, New Criterion and Adroit Journal amongst others. He is also a Senior Editor at the Kenyon Review.
He now teaches poetry at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio where he lives with his wife Tory and their two daughters.
Praise
Poems
The New Yorker: "For the Silo Boys"
The New Yorker: "Not a Mile"
The New Criterion: "The weeping song"
Poetry Daily: "Do you consider Writing to be Therapeutic?"
TriQuarterly: "Alcohol," "Double Surgeon's Knot," and "Harsh Bit"
Belt Magazine: from "Boyne River Daybook"
The Cortland Review: "Homecoming" and "What I Know"
The Adroit Journal: "Farm League"
Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 4:30 p.m.
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 1:00 p.m.
Lorain Community College
Friday, May 23, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Buffalo, New York
Saturday, September 6, 2025 | 1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati, Ohio