Fred Marchant

Fred Marchant is an American poet, and Professor of English and Literature at Suffolk University.^[1] He is the director of both the Creative Writing program and The Poetry Center at Suffolk University.

Fred Marchant
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Brown University; University of Chicago
Genre	Poetry

Life

In 1970, he became one of the first officers of the US Marine Corps to be honorably discharged as a conscientious objectors in the Vietnam War.^[2]

He is the author of four books of poetry, of which Tipping Point was the winner of the 1993 Washington Prize in poetry. He is a graduate of Brown University, and earned a PhD from The University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.^[2]

He lives in Arlington, MA.

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

• Tipping Point The Word Works, 1993, ISBN 9780915380305; 2013, ISBN 9780915380862
• Full Moon Boat Graywolf Press, 2000, ISBN 9781555973117
• House on Water, House in Air 2002, ISBN 9781901233872
• The Looking House Graywolf Press, 2009, ISBN 9781555975289