American Poetry: Jonathan Thirkield
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2008 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Jonathan Thirkield. Thirkield was born and raised in New York City, where he currently lives. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and was a Truman Capote fellow in Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His 2008 collection The Waker’s…