Will Harris (poet)

Will Harris (1989) is a London-based poet of Chinese Indonesian and British heritage. His debut poetry book RENDANG won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2020,[1] and was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2021.[2] His poem SAY was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem in 2018.[1] In 2019, Harris received a Poetry Fellowship from the Arts Foundation.[1]

Will Harris
Born1989 (age 31–32)
OccupationPoet
Notable worksRENDANG
Notable awardsForward Prizes for Poetry

RENDANG was described by the London Review of Books as "one of the most hotly-anticipated debut poetry collections of 2020",[3] by the Guardian as "a sharp and assured debut collection that meditates on the multiplicity of identity,"[4] and by the Financial Times as "poems that brim with soul and playfulness."[5]

Harris' essay Mixed-Race Superman was published in the UK by Peninsula Press and by Melville House in the US. It was described by the New York Times as "a zany, exuberant and highly original meditation on what it means to come of age as a mixed-race person in a predominantly white world"[6] and by the Times Literary Supplement as "meditat[ing] wisely on this potentially awkward yet not exactly uncommon state of in-betweenness."[7]

Work
  • —(2020), RENDANG, (Granta Books), ISBN 9781783785599
  • —(2018), Mixed-Race Superman, (Peninsula Press) ISBN 9781612197906

Awards
  • —(2020), Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection, RENDANG
  • —(2017), London Review Bookshop Pamphlet of the Year, All this is implied

References
  1. "Will Harris". Forward Arts Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "T.S. Eliot Prize Unveils Unsettling Captivating Shortlist". Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. "Will Harris and Rachael Allen: RENDANG". LRB. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. "The best recent poetry collections". Guardian. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Rendang by Will Harris". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  6. "Congratulations, Meghan and Harry! (Now Here's What to Read)". New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  7. "Inbetweeners: Stories of being neither one race nor another". TLS. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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