A. Van Jordan Explained

A. Van Jordan
Birth Place:Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:Poet, professor

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. 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

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

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); 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, 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, and Callaloo,[21] among other publications.

Awards

Works

Poetry

Essays

Personal life

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rutgers Names Internationally Acclaimed Poet as First Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor Rutgers University - Newark. www.newark.rutgers.edu. en. August 1, 2017.
  2. Web site: A. Van Jordan Creative Writing Program . 2023-01-01 . creativewriting.stanford.edu . en.
  3. Web site: About Shirley M. Collado - Office of the President - Ithaca College. www.ithaca.edu. August 2, 2017. February 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215084539/https://www.ithaca.edu/president/about/. dead.
  4. Web site: A. Van Jordan - Poet Poets.org. www.poets.org. en. February 14, 2019.
  5. Web site: Notable Books by North Carolina Writers: August, 2005 . North Carolina Arts Council. September 12, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090918225611/http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=136 . September 18, 2009 .
  6. Web site: A. Van Jordan Ploughshares. www.pshares.org. en. August 1, 2017.
  7. News: Nonfiction Book Review: RISE by A. Van Jordan, Author . Tia Chucha $11.95 (94p) ISBN 978-1-882688-26-5. September 24, 2001. Publishers Weekly. August 1, 2017. en.
  8. News: A. Van Jordan's Poetry Suite 'M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A'. Stamberg. Susan. July 18, 2004. All Things Considered. August 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20041031232336/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3498076. October 31, 2004. dead. NPR. en.
  9. News: A. Van Jordan combines the .... Hirsch. Edward. June 13, 2004. The Washington Post. August 1, 2017. en-US. 0190-8286.
  10. News: Poet A. Van Jordan. Ahl. Lindsay. Shadowgraph Magazine. en-US. August 1, 2017.
  11. News: 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. August 1, 2017. en.
  12. Liz Jones on "Quantum Lyrics: Poems". E3W Review of Books. August 1, 2017.
  13. News: Where Physics, Poetry, and Politics Collide. Clark. Anna. November 2, 2007. The American Prospect. August 1, 2017. en.
  14. News: Fiction Book Review: Quantum Lyrics by A. Van Jordan, Author . Norton $23.95 (118p) ISBN 978-0-393-06499-5. June 25, 2007. Publishers Weekly. August 1, 2017. en.
  15. March. Thomas. A. Van Jordan's QUANTUM LYRICS. The Believer. en. November–December 2007. August 1, 2017.
  16. News: 'Women's Poetry,' by Daisy Fried, and More. Brennan. Matthew. April 11, 2013. The New York Times. August 1, 2017. en-US. 0362-4331.
  17. News: The Cineaste by A. Van Jordan. Singer. Sean. August 21, 2013. The Rumpus. August 1, 2017. en-US.
  18. Plante. Jessica. Fall 2013. An Interview with A. Van Jordan. StorySouth. 36. August 1, 2017.
  19. Web site: A. Van Jordan Receives Anisfield-Wolf Award . University News. April 6, 2005. September 12, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141508/http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2005/April/AVJordanHonor040605.htm . September 27, 2011 .
  20. Web site: A. Van Jordan Professor (Archived copy). University of Michigan. https://web.archive.org/web/20100525153010/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaFacDetail.asp?ID=1507. May 25, 2010. dead. September 12, 2009.
  21. Jordan . A. Van . Rope . Callaloo . 2004 . 27 . 3 . 650 . 10.1353/cal.2004.0121 . 246284203 . .
  22. Web site: A. Van Jordan. www.whiting.org. Whiting Awards. en. August 1, 2017.
  23. Web site: Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards The 82nd Annual. Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. en-US. August 1, 2017.
  24. Book: The Pushcart prize XXX, 2006: best of the small presses. Henderson. Bill. Pushcart Press. 2006. Pushcart Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton. 1888889411. Wainscott, N.Y.; New York, N.Y.. en. registration.
  25. Web site: All Fellows. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . March 9, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622012709/http://www.gf.org/fellows/all?index=j&page=6 . June 22, 2011 .
  26. News: A. Van Jordan. United States Artists. August 1, 2017. en-US.
  27. Web site: Professor A. Van Jordan Wins the 2015 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. Lerner. Lawrence. November 20, 2015. www.newark.rutgers.edu. en. August 1, 2017.
  28. Web site: A. Van Jordan - Lannan Foundation. Darling. Roxanne. www.lannan.org. en. August 1, 2017.
  29. News: Shoemaker. Stephen. Incoming President Shirley M. Collado Meets the Ithaca College Community. 1 August 2017. IC News. February 23, 2017.

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