About David Wright

David Wright's poetry, essays and reviews have apppeared in print and online in Artful Dodge, Anon, The New Pantagruel, The Christian Century, The Nimble Spirit Review, The Avatar Review, and The Midwest Quarterly, among many others. His work also appears in the anthology A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry (University of Iowa Press). David is the author of two poetry collections: A Liturgy for Stones (2003) and Lines from the Provinces (2000). He has been awarded an Illinois Arts Council Artist's Fellowship for Poetry  and has given readings throughout the United States. He and his family recently returned to live in Central Illinois after several years in the Chicago area. Since 2001, he has  taught writing and literature at Wheaton College.