W.F. Lantry, a native of San Diego, received his
Maîtrise from
L’Université de Nice, and PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston. In 2010 won the Lindberg Foundation International Poetry for Peace Prize (in Israel),
Crucible Poetry Prize,
CutBank Patricia Goedicke Prize and the Birmingham-Southern College National Hackney Literary Award in Poetry. His work has appeared in
Prairie Fire, Asian Cha and
Aesthetica. His chapbook,
The Language of Birds, is available from Finishing Line Press. He currently works in Washington, DC and is a contributing editor of
Umbrella Journal. His website is:
http://wflantry.com