Dennis James Sweeney

Dennis James Sweeney is the author of In the Antarctic Circle (Autumn House Press), which won the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize and was a Debut Poetry Book of 2021 in Poets & Writers. His books also include You’re the Woods Too (Essay Press), The Rolodex Happenings (Stillhouse Press), and a guide for writers, How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses (New World Library). His writing can be found in Ecotone, The New York Times, The Southern Review, and Witness. He has an MFA from Oregon State University and a PhD from the University of Denver. Originally from Cincinnati, he lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches at Amherst College.

Dennis James Sweeney's Autumn House Books