Blas Falconer


Blas Falconer is an American poet, editor, and professor.

Works

Blas Falconer is the author of four full-length poetry collections: A Question of Gravity and Light ; The Foundling Wheel ; Forgive the Body This Failure ; and Rara Avis, which won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. His poems have appeared in literary journals, including The Adroit Journal, Alaska Quarterly Review', Green Mountains Review', The Harvard Review', The [New York Times]', Poetry', and Terrain.org'.
Along with poets Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa, Falconer co-edited Mentor & Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets. With writer Lorraine M. López, Falconer co-edited The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity.
Falconer is Editor in Chief of Poetry International Online. Previously, he served as the poetry editor for both Zone 3 Press and Zone 3.

Biography

Raised in the suburbs of Washington D.C., Falconer spent most summers in Salinas, Puerto Rico, with his maternal grandmother. Falconer is a Professor of Poetry in the MFA program at San Diego State University.

Education

Falconer holds a B.A. from George Mason University, an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Houston.

Awards

Poetry collections

Edited essay collections

  • Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets, co-edited with Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa..
  • The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity, co-edited with Lorraine M. López..