Eduardo C. Corral is an American poet and Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His first collection, Slow Lightning, published by Yale University Press, was the winner of the 2011 Yale Younger Series Poets award, making him the first Latino recipient of this prize. His 2020 work, Guillotine, was awarded the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for gay poetry and was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry.
Personal life Corral was born in Casa Grande, Arizona to Higinio and Socorro Corral, on February 25, 1973.
He is an Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis.
Career Corral studied Chicano studies at Arizona State University. He received his Masters in Fine Arts from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Corral was also a founding fellow of the CantoMundo Writers Conference.Latino Poets Connect at CantoMundo by Belinda Acosta, Poets & Writers, November/December 2011 https://www.pw.org/content/latino_poets_connect_at_cantomundo "CantoMundo: Two poets meet in conversation about grief", Portuguese American Journal, January 22, 2012 http://portuguese-american-journal.com/cantomundo-two-poets-meet-in-conversation-about-griefaustin-tx/ He is a featured faculty member at the 2018 Poetry Seminar at The Frost Place in Franconia, NH.
His poems have been published in various journals including Black Warrior Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Colorado Review, Indiana Review, Meridian, MiPOesias, and The Nation.
His collection "Slow Lightning" was chosen by Carl Phillips for the prestigious Yale Younger Series Poets award. Corral is the first Latino poet chosen for the prize. He has cited Robert Hayden, Federico García Lorca, C.D. Wright, and José Montoya as influences.
Slow Lightning (Yale University Press, 2012) Corral is intentional and careful when writing. He's filled several notebooks, which he has saved, when writing his first collection.
Awards/Fellowships
Discovery/The Nation Award, 2005 New Millennium Writings Award Whiting Award, 2011 Yale Younger Series Poets, 2011 Yaddo Fellowship MacDowell Colony Fellowship Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship, 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, 2021Jane Henderson, "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 2021.
Publications Poetry Collections Slow Lightning, Yale University Press, 2012. , Guillotine, Graywolf Press, 2020.
See also List of Mexican American writers List of CantoMundo Former Fellows
References
Sources "Poetry opened doors wide for Eduardo Corral" by Richard Ruelas, Arizona Republic, November 26, 2011.
External links Profile of Corral on the Arizona Republic website Three Poems by Corral at Poetry Foundation website Profile of Corral on the Whiting Foundation website Corral page on Yale University Press website Interview on Ploughshares website Eduardo Corral recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on September 17, 2012