Terence Winch

The most recent of Terence Winch’s ten books of poems are It Is As If Desire (Hanging Loose Press, 2024) and That Ship Has Sailed (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023). Winner of an American Book Award and the Columbia Book Award, he is the guest editor for Best American Poetry 2025 (Scribner). The recipient of an NEA Literature Fellowship, a Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry, and other awards and honors, Winch co-founded Celtic Thunder, the traditional Irish music group, and composed their best-known song, “When New York Was Irish.” (Updated 04/2026)