| Jay Baron Nicorvo | |
| Birth Date: | 21 August 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Eckerd College Emerson College |
| Genre: | Novel, Poetry, Essay |
Jay Baron Nicorvo (born August 21, 1976) is an American novelist, poet, and essayist.
Nicorvo was born in Perth Amboy, NJ and was raised in Sarasota, FL.[1] He's married to the writer Thisbe Nissen and they live on an old farm outside Battle Creek, MI.[2]
Nicorvo's writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, The Baffler, Ploughshares, and Salon (website). His poetry has been featured on PBS NewsHour.
Nicorvo's first novel, The Standard Grand, was published in 2017 by St. Martin’s Press.[2] [3] It is about a group of veterans, traumatized by their wartime experiences, who meet in a crumbling resort in the Catskill Mountains.[3]
A Novel. St. Martin's Press (2017) .[6] The Standard Grand was picked for IndieBound's Indie Next List,[7] Library Journal's Debut Novels Great First Acts,[8] Poets & Writers's "New and Noteworthy,"[9] and was named a best book of the year by The Brooklyn Rail.[10]