Roger Fanning (born 1962 in Millington, Tennessee) is an American poet. Life He teaches in the low-residency Warren Wilson MFA program out of Goddard College. He lives in Seattle with his wife and son. His work is noted for its ironic sincerity and exaltation of the mundane. Awards 1992 Whiting Award National Poetry Series for The Island Itself Works Books (1st edition 1991) Anthologies Poems "Australia"; "Henry", The Drunken Boat, Spring 2000 "Poet's Choice: Hospital Sidewalk." Selected by Mary Karr. The Washington Post, October 19, 2008 References External links Profile at The Whiting Foundation American male poets 1962 births Living people People from Millington, Tennessee Writers from Seattle 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers