Fred Marchant

Fred Marchant is an American poet, and Professor of English and Literature at Suffolk University. He is the director of both the Creative Writing program and The Poetry Center at Suffolk University.

Life In 1970, he became one of the first officers of the US Marine Corps to be honorably discharged as a conscientious objectors in the Vietnam War.

He is the author of four books of poetry, of which Tipping Point was the winner of the 1993 Washington Prize in poetry. He is a graduate of Brown University, and earned a PhD from The University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.

He lives in Arlington, MA.

Published works Full-length poetry collections Tipping Point The Word Works, 1993, ; 2013, Full Moon Boat Graywolf Press, 2000, House on Water, House in Air 2002, The Looking House Graywolf Press, 2009,