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A. Van Jordan

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A. Van Jordan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965 （Akron, Ohio）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Washington, D.C. (1988–2002) → Akron, Ohio (birthplace) → Ann Arbor, Michigan → Newark, New Jersey → Stanford, California

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
Stanford University, Creative Writing Program, University of Michigan, Department of English Language & Literature, Rutgers University–Newark, Ithaca College (visiting), Warren Wilson College (faculty), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (faculty), University of Texas at Austin (faculty)

Education

Wittenberg University
English Literature
Degree: B.A.
Period: 在学〜1987年
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: United States
B.A. in English Literature
Howard University
Organizational Communications
Degree: M.A.
Period: 〜1990年
Year of Graduation: 1990
Country: United States
M.A. in Organizational Communications
Warren Wilson College
Creative Writing (MFA)
Degree: MFA
Period: 〜1998年
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: United States
MFA (Poetry)
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Screenwriting (MFA)
Degree: MFA
Period: 〜2016年
Year of Graduation: 2016
Country: United States
Additional MFA in Screenwriting

Awards

Whiting Award
2002
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: 受賞
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
2005
Work: M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A
Organization: Anisfield-Wolf Foundation
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize
2006
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2007
Organization: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
United States Artist Williams Fellowship
2008
Organization: United States Artists
Result: 受賞
Lannan Literary Award in Poetry
2015
Category: 詩
Organization: Lannan Foundation
Result: 受賞
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
Work: Rise
Organization: PEN Oakland
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rise

2001 Poetry 94 pages

Debut collection exploring personal and historical memory alongside social themes.

memoryracepersonal history

M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A

2004 Poetry (epic/sequence) 134 pages

A suite of poems about the American girl MacNolia Cox, addressing history and race.

historyraceidentity

Quantum Lyrics

2007 Poetry 118 pages

An experimental collection intersecting scientific/philosophical motifs with issues of race and politics.

sciencephilosophyrace

The Cineaste

2013 Poetry (cinematic)

A group of poems inspired by film imagery and filmmaking, exploring the intersection of cinema and poetry.

filmimagerymemory

Bibliography

  • Rise (2001)
  • M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (2004)
  • Quantum Lyrics (2007)
  • The Cineaste (2013)
  • The Homesteader (chapbook, 2013)
  • I Want to See My Skirt (chapbook, 2021, collaboration with Cauleen Smith)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical yet intellectual poeticscinematic, image-driven languageformal experimentation (sequences, ekphrasis)
Recurring Motifs
filmscientific/physics motifsrace and historymemory and identity

Legacy

An important voice in contemporary American poetry. He is recognized for his academic contributions and numerous awards, and for a distinctive style that incorporates cinematic imagery and scientific motifs into poetry.

Trivia

  • Married to Shirley Collado, a psychologist and former president of Ithaca College.
  • Holds multiple MFAs (in poetry and in screenwriting).
  • Debut collection Rise was published by Tia Chucha Press and won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.
  • Official website: www.avanjordan.com