David Shook

David Shook is a Visiting Professor at the School of English, Manchester Metropolitan University. He is a poet, translator, publisher, and filmmaker with a BA from the University of Oklahoma and an MSt from Oxford University.

• Educated at University of Oklahoma (BA) and Oxford University (MSt)

Shook's research and creative practice spans poetry, literary translation, and experimental filmmaking. Notably, he co-created the Kilometer Zero documentary and initiated the Poetry Drone project for disseminating biodegradable poems.

His honors include a Pushcart Prize nomination and an English PEN Translation Residency. He has served as editor for Molossus and Phoneme Media, and contributing editor to World Literature Today and Ambit.

• Pushcart Prize nomination
• English PEN Translation Residency

Shook has contributed to literary discourse through translations of works by Mario Bellatin, Oswald de Andrade, and Robert Bolaño, while fostering cross-cultural dialogue via editorial and filmmaking initiatives.