A. Van Jordan

A. Van Jordan (born 1965, Akron, Ohio)[1] is an American poet. He is Collegiate Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan and distinguished visiting professor at Ithaca College.[2] He previously served as the first Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor at the Rutgers University-Newark.[1] He is the author of four collections: Rise (2001), M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (2005), Quantum Lyrics (2007), and The Cineaste (2013). Jordan's awards include a Whiting Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

A. Van Jordan
Born (1965-03-05) March 5, 1965
Akron Ohio, U.S.
Alma materWittenberg University (B.A.)
Howard University (M.A.)
Warren Wilson College (MFA)
Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
OccupationPoet
Websitewww.avanjordan.com

Early life

Jordan graduated from Wittenberg University in 1987 with a B.A. in English Literature. He graduated from Howard University in 1990 with an Master's degree in Organizational Communications. He graduated from Warren Wilson College in 1998 with an Master of Fine Arts,[3] and also holds an additional MFA in Screenwriting (2016) from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.[4] He lived in Washington, D.C.[5] from 1988 to 2002.

Career

Jordan is the author of four collections. Rise (Tia Chucha Press, 2001) won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.[6] M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (2005),[7][8][9][10] which was listed as one the Best Books of 2005 by The London Times; Quantum Lyrics (2007);[11][12][13][14] and The Cineaste (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013).[15][16] In 2013 he published a chapbook called The Homesteader.[17]

Jordan taught at Warren Wilson College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,[18] the University of Texas at Austin, where he was tenured as an Associate Professor, and as professor at the University of Michigan.[19] In 2014, he became Rutgers University-Newark's first Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor,[1] before returning to the University of Michigan in 2017. His academic interests include the writing of poetry, the history of poetry in English, and cinematic studies.

His work has appeared in Ploughshares,[5] and Callaloo[20] amongst other publications.

Awards

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
  • "The Synchronicity of Scenes". Cortland Review. Winter 2007.

Personal life

Jordan is married to Shirley Collado, a professor of psychology and president of Ithaca College.[28][2]

References
  1. "Rutgers Names Internationally Acclaimed Poet as First Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor | Rutgers University - Newark". www.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  2. "About Shirley M. Collado - Office of the President - Ithaca College". www.ithaca.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  3. "A. Van Jordan - Poet | Poets.org". www.poets.org. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "A. Van Jordan | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  6. "Nonfiction Book Review: RISE by A. Van Jordan, Author . Tia Chucha $11.95 (94p) ISBN 978-1-882688-26-5". Publishers Weekly. September 24, 2001. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  7. Stamberg, Susan (July 18, 2004). "A. Van Jordan's Poetry Suite 'M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A'". All Things Considered. NPR. Archived from the original on 2004-10-31. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  8. Hirsch, Edward (2004-06-13). "A. Van Jordan combines the ..." The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  9. Ahl, Lindsay. "Poet A. Van Jordan". Shadowgraph Magazine. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  10. "Nonfiction Book Review: M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A by A. Van Jordan, Author . Norton $23.95 (134p) ISBN 978-0-393-05907-6". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  11. "Liz Jones on "Quantum Lyrics: Poems"". E3W Review of Books. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  12. Clark, Anna (November 2, 2007). "Where Physics, Poetry, and Politics Collide". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  13. "Fiction Book Review: Quantum Lyrics by A. Van Jordan, Author . Norton $23.95 (118p) ISBN 978-0-393-06499-5". Publishers Weekly. June 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  14. March, Thomas (November–December 2007). "A. Van Jordan's QUANTUM LYRICS". The Believer. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  15. Brennan, Matthew (2013-04-11). "'Women's Poetry,' by Daisy Fried, and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  16. Singer, Sean (2013-08-21). "The Cineaste by A. Van Jordan". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  17. Plante, Jessica (Fall 2013). "An Interview with A. Van Jordan". storySouth (36). Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. "A. Van Jordan Professor (Archived copy)". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  20. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/callaloo/v027/27.3jordan01.html
  21. "A. Van Jordan". www.whiting.org. Whiting Awards. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  22. "Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | The 82nd Annual". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  23. Henderson, Bill; Pushcart Press (2006). The Pushcart prize XXX, 2006: best of the small presses. Wainscott, N.Y.; New York, N.Y.: Pushcart Press ; Distributed by W.W. Norton. ISBN 1888889411.
  24. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. "A. Van Jordan". United States Artists. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  26. Lerner, Lawrence (November 20, 2015). "Professor A. Van Jordan Wins the 2015 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry". www.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  27. Darling, Roxanne. "A. Van Jordan - Lannan Foundation". www.lannan.org. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  28. Shoemaker, Stephen (February 23, 2017). "Incoming President Shirley M. Collado Meets the Ithaca College Community". IC News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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