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 (University of Arizona Press, 2007); The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012); Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018); and Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024), 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 (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010). With writer Lorraine M. López, Falconer co-edited The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011).

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

2009: Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers 2011: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 2025: Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry for Rara Avis

Bibliography

Poetry collections The Perfect Hour (Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, 2006). . A Question of Gravity and Light (University of Arizona Press, 2007). . The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012). . Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018). . Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024). .

Edited essay collections Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010), co-edited with Beth Martinelli and Helena Mesa. . The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011), co-edited with Lorraine M. López. .

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