Terence Winch

Terence Winch’s last two books are That Ship Has Sailed (Pitt Poetry Series, 2023) and It Is As If Desire (forthcoming 2024, Hanging Loose Press). The Bronx-born son of Irish immigrants, he is the author of eight earlier poetry collections. Winner of an American Book Award and a Columbia Book Award, he has also written a young adult novel called Seeing-Eye Boy and two story collections, Contenders and That Special Place. Recipient of an NEA Poetry Fellowship and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing, he edits the Best American Poetry blog’s “Pick of the Week” feature. Also, a musician and songwriter, Terence Winch co-founded the original Celtic Thunder and composed its best-known song, “When New York Was Irish.”