A. Van Jordan

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A. Van Jordan
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Poet, professor
Websitewww.avanjordan.com

A. Van Jordan (born 1965)[1] is an American poet. He is a professor at Stanford University[2] and was previously a college professor in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan and distinguished visiting professor at Ithaca College.[3] 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.

Early life[edit]

Jordan graduated from Wittenberg University in 1987 with a B.A. degree 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 (MFA) degree,[4] and also holds an additional MFA in Screenwriting (2016) from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.[5] He lived in Washington, D.C.,[6] from 1988 to 2002.

Career[edit]

Jordan is the author of four full-length collections. Rise (Tia Chucha Press, 2001) won the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.[7] M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (2005),[8][9][10][11] which was listed as one of the Best Books of 2005 by The Times (London);[citation needed] Quantum Lyrics (2007);[12][13][14][15] and The Cineaste (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013).[16][17] In 2013 he published a chapbook called The Homesteader,[18] and in 2021, he published an ekphrastic chapbook, I Want to See My Skirt, in collaboration with filmmaker Cauleen Smith, based on photographs by Malian photographer Malick Sidibé. Both of his chapbooks were published by Unicorn Press, Greensboro, NC, and edited by Andrew Saulters.

Jordan taught at Warren Wilson College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,[19] the University of Texas at Austin, where he was tenured as an Associate Professor, and as professor at the University of Michigan.[20] In 2014, he became Rutgers University-Newark's first Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor,[1] before returning to the University of Michigan in 2017, where he serves as the Robert Hayden Collegiate Professor of English Language & Literature. His academic interests include the writing of poetry, the history of poetry in English, and cinematic studies.

His work has appeared in Ploughshares,[6] and Callaloo,[21] among other publications.

Awards[edit]

Works[edit]

Poetry[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Personal life[edit]

Jordan is married to Shirley Collado, a professor of psychology and former president of Ithaca College.[29][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Rutgers Names Internationally Acclaimed Poet as First Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor | Rutgers University - Newark". www.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "A. Van Jordan | Creative Writing Program". creativewriting.stanford.edu. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "About Shirley M. Collado - Office of the President - Ithaca College". www.ithaca.edu. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "A. Van Jordan - Poet | Poets.org". www.poets.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Notable Books by North Carolina Writers: August, 2005". North Carolina Arts Council. Archived from the original on September 18, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "A. Van Jordan | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  7. ^ "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 August 1, 2017.
  8. ^ 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 October 31, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  9. ^ Hirsch, Edward (June 13, 2004). "A. Van Jordan combines the ..." The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  10. ^ Ahl, Lindsay. "Poet A. Van Jordan". Shadowgraph Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "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 August 1, 2017.
  12. ^ "Liz Jones on "Quantum Lyrics: Poems"". E3W Review of Books. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  13. ^ Clark, Anna (November 2, 2007). "Where Physics, Poetry, and Politics Collide". The American Prospect. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  14. ^ "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 August 1, 2017.
  15. ^ March, Thomas (November–December 2007). "A. Van Jordan's QUANTUM LYRICS". The Believer. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  16. ^ Brennan, Matthew (April 11, 2013). "'Women's Poetry,' by Daisy Fried, and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  17. ^ Singer, Sean (August 21, 2013). "The Cineaste by A. Van Jordan". The Rumpus. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  18. ^ Plante, Jessica (Fall 2013). "An Interview with A. Van Jordan". StorySouth (36). Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  19. ^ "A. Van Jordan Receives Anisfield-Wolf Award". University News. April 6, 2005. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  20. ^ "A. Van Jordan Professor (Archived copy)". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  21. ^ Jordan, A. Van (2004). "Rope". Callaloo. 27 (3): 650. doi:10.1353/cal.2004.0121. S2CID 246284203. Project MUSE 172142.
  22. ^ "A. Van Jordan". www.whiting.org. Whiting Awards. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  23. ^ "Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | The 82nd Annual". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ "All Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
  26. ^ "A. Van Jordan". United States Artists. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  27. ^ Lerner, Lawrence (November 20, 2015). "Professor A. Van Jordan Wins the 2015 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry". www.newark.rutgers.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  28. ^ Darling, Roxanne. "A. Van Jordan - Lannan Foundation". www.lannan.org. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  29. ^ Shoemaker, Stephen (February 23, 2017). "Incoming President Shirley M. Collado Meets the Ithaca College Community". IC News. Retrieved August 1, 2017.

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