Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 22 (1996) Winner
Joshua Clover
ジョシュア・クローバー
Joshua Kurōbā
Aliases:
Joshua Miller Kaplan
Pen Names:
Jane Dark（Pseudonym used for some contributions）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-12-30 （San Francisco, California）
- Died
- 2025-04-26 age 62
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- San Francisco, California → Berkeley, California → Davis, California
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, scholar, critic, journalist, professor
- Active Years
- 1990-2025
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis, University of California, Berkeley
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Boston University
Literature
Country:
United States
Undergraduate
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in Poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Walt Whitman Award | Madonna anno domini | — | Academy of American Poets | winner |
Walt Whitman Award
1996
Work:
Madonna anno domini
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 41 (2020) Winner
Works
Major Works
Madonna anno domini
1997 poetryHis first book of poetry, winner of the Walt Whitman Award.
late modernityurban life
Riot.Strike.Riot
2016 scholarshipStudy on the political economy of riots, translated into five languages.
riotscapitalismsocial struggle
Bibliography
- Madonna anno domini (1997)
- The Matrix (2004)
- The Totality for Kids (2006)
- 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About (2009)
- Red Epic (2015)
- Riot.Strike.Riot (2016)
- Roadrunner (2021)
Translations by Author
- Tarnac: A Preparatory Act (trans. from Jean-Marie Gleize)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fragmented depictions of late modernityMarxist lyric praxis
- Recurring Motifs
- life of great citiesproducts of overdeveloped capitalismpopular musicpolitical struggle
Legacy
Influential American poet, scholar, and journalist known for scholarship on riots and poetry exploring late modernity and capitalism.
Trivia
- Born Joshua Miller Kaplan, legally changed name to mother's maiden name Clover.
- Mother is film scholar Carol J. Clover, originator of the final girl theory.
- Member of the Davis Dozen, involved in a bank sit-in protest resulting in community service.
- Controversial statements advocating violence against police.