A. Van Jordan
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A. Van Jordan (born March 5, 1965 Akron, Ohio) is an American poet.
Life
He graduated from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, 1987, with a BA. He graduated from Howard University, 1990, with an MA. He graduated from Warren Wilson College, 1998, with an MFA.[1] He lived in Washington, D.C.[2]
He taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,[3] the University of Texas at Austin, and Warren Wilson College. He teaches at the University of Michigan.[4]
His work has appeared in Ploughshares,[2] and Callaloo[5] amongst other publications.
Awards
- 2004 Whiting Award
- 2005 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- 2006 Pushcart Prize, 30th Edition.
- 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship [6]
- 2008 United States Artist Williams Fellowship
Works
Poetry
- Rise (Tia Chucha Press, 2001)
- M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (W. W. Norton & Company, 2004)
- Quantum Lyrics (W. W. Norton & Company, 2007)
- The Cineaste (W. W. Norton & Company, 2013)
Essays
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References
- ↑ http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=136
- ↑ http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2005/April/AVJordanHonor040605.htm
- ↑ http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaFacDetail.asp?ID=1507
- ↑ http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/callaloo/v027/27.3jordan01.html
- ↑ http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=j&page=6
External links
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- American male poets
- People from Akron, Ohio
- Warren Wilson College alumni
- Wittenberg University alumni
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro faculty
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- Warren Wilson College faculty
- University of Michigan faculty
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Poets from Ohio
