A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn is the author of the forthcoming Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis (Regalo Press 2024), an evidence-based account of his turning to coral reefs, forests, and psychedelic plants to heal from childhood trauma, and Centaur (U of Wisconsin Press 2013), which National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes awarded the Brittingham Prize.
His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The New Republic, The Rumpus, The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, The American Scholar, The Iowa Review, The Yale Review, AGNI, and elsewhere. He has received awards and fellowships from the James Merrill House, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Poetry Society of America, Hermitage Artist Retreat, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Spiro Arts Center.
As an associate English professor, Greg teaches environmental literature and creative writing at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into literary studies. He also teaches poetry writing through Stanford Continuing Studies. He was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.
Greg is currently working on Homesick, his second poetry collection. He is a trained yoga teacher and an Advanced PADI Nitrox diver, having explored coral reefs around the world for over 25 years. He lives in the mountains of Virginia with his husband and growing family of trees.
His work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The New Republic, The Rumpus, The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, The American Scholar, The Iowa Review, The Yale Review, AGNI, and elsewhere. He has received awards and fellowships from the James Merrill House, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Poetry Society of America, Hermitage Artist Retreat, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Spiro Arts Center.
As an associate English professor, Greg teaches environmental literature and creative writing at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into literary studies. He also teaches poetry writing through Stanford Continuing Studies. He was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.
Greg is currently working on Homesick, his second poetry collection. He is a trained yoga teacher and an Advanced PADI Nitrox diver, having explored coral reefs around the world for over 25 years. He lives in the mountains of Virginia with his husband and growing family of trees.