A former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn is the author of 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 (Wisconsin 2013), which poet Terrance Hayes awarded the Brittingham Prize. His work has appeared in 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.
Wrenn teaches environmental literature and creative writing at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into the study of literature. He also teaches poetry writing through Stanford Continuing Studies. He was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.
Wrenn is currently working on Homesick, his second poetry collection. An Advanced PADI Nitrox diver, he has been exploring coral reefs around the world for over 25 years. He lives in the mountains of Virginia with his partner.
Wrenn teaches environmental literature and creative writing at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into the study of literature. He also teaches poetry writing through Stanford Continuing Studies. He was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis.
Wrenn is currently working on Homesick, his second poetry collection. An Advanced PADI Nitrox diver, he has been exploring coral reefs around the world for over 25 years. He lives in the mountains of Virginia with his partner.