Randall Mann

Randall Mann is the author of five books of poetry including Complaint of the Garden , Breakfast with Thom Gunn , Straight Razor , Proprietary , and, most recently, A Better Life . Recipient of the Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry and the J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize awarded by POETRY magazine, Mann is also author of The Illusion of Intimacy: On Poetry , a book of literary criticism. Mann's poetry has appeared in the Adroit Journal, Asian American Literary Review, Kenyon Review, Lit Hub,...See more

Randall Mann is the author of five books of poetry including Complaint of the Garden , Breakfast with Thom Gunn , Straight Razor , Proprietary , and, most recently, A Better Life . Recipient of the Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry and the J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize awarded by POETRY magazine, Mann is also author of The Illusion of Intimacy: On Poetry , a book of literary criticism. Mann's poetry has appeared in the Adroit Journal, Asian American Literary Review, Kenyon Review, Lit Hub, Paris Review, Poem-A-Day, POETRY, San Francisco Chronicle , and elsewhere. Three-time finalists for the Lambda Literary Award, Mann's poetry collections have been shortlisted for the California Book Award and Northern California Book Award, and long-listed for the Golden Poppy Awards' Martin Cruz Diversity and Inclusion Award. Mann lives in San Francisco. See less