Rick Barot

Rick Barot's most recent publications are a book of poems, Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions, and a chapbook, The Emperor of the Cut Sleeve, published by Sixth Finch Books. His previous collection, The Galleons, was longlisted for the National Book Award. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Poetry, The Adroit Journal, and The New Yorker. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Stanford University. He lives in Tacoma, Washington and directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University.