Richard Siken
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Richard Siken is an American poet best known for his intense, cinematic collection "Crush," which brought him widespread acclaim in contemporary poetry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Siken canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8349601 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Siken Context triple: [Yale Younger Poets Series, hasNotableWinner, Richard Siken]
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A.
Kay Young
Kay Young was a British actress known for her stage and film work in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Franz Wright
Franz Wright was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet known for his intensely personal, spiritually searching verse and for being the son of fellow poet James Wright.
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C.
John Burnside
John Burnside is a Scottish poet, novelist, and essayist known for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the uncanny in contemporary literature.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet renowned for her intellectually rigorous, formally innovative work that explores history, perception, and the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Siken Target entity description: Richard Siken is an American poet best known for his intense, cinematic collection "Crush," which brought him widespread acclaim in contemporary poetry.
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A.
Kay Young
Kay Young was a British actress known for her stage and film work in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Franz Wright
Franz Wright was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet known for his intensely personal, spiritually searching verse and for being the son of fellow poet James Wright.
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C.
John Burnside
John Burnside is a Scottish poet, novelist, and essayist known for his lyrical explorations of nature, memory, and the uncanny in contemporary literature.
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D.
Doug Mahon
Doug Mahon is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of the data storage company Seagate Technology.
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E.
Jorie Graham
Jorie Graham is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American poet renowned for her intellectually rigorous, formally innovative work that explores history, perception, and the natural world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent press
ⓘ
person ⓘ poet ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st-century American poetry ⓘ |
| author |
Richard Siken
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Siken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cofounderOf | Spork Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
cinematic
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cult favorite in contemporary poetry ⓘ intense ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | literature ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
ⓘ
contemporary poetry ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasRole |
editor
ⓘ
publisher ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
film
ⓘ
visual art ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| name | Richard Siken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableWork |
Crush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
War of the Foxes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
filmmaker
ⓘ
painter ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| publisher | Yale University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Tucson, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| style |
cinematic
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intense ⓘ |
| theme |
obsession
ⓘ
queer desire ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| workFocus |
desire
ⓘ
memory ⓘ obsession NERFINISHED ⓘ queer identity ⓘ violence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Richard Siken Description of subject: Richard Siken is an American poet best known for his intense, cinematic collection "Crush," which brought him widespread acclaim in contemporary poetry.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Yale Younger Poets Series