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Name
  
Jay Hopler

Role
  
Poet


Books
  
Green squall

Awards
  
Whiting Awards

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Helen Wallace welcomes poets Daniel Lawless and Jay Hopler to The Dali.


Jay Hopler (born 1970, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American poet.

Contents

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Jay Hopler reads from The Abridged History of Rainfall 2016 NBAs Finalists Reading


Early life and education

He graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D., American Studies), the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry), the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry) and New York University (B.A., English and American Literature).

Career

His poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker.

Hopler is Professor of English (Creative Writing/Poetry) at the University of South Florida.

Personal life

He lives in Tampa, Florida and is married to poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson.

Awards

  • 2016 [Finalist] National Book Award in Poetry for The Abridged History of Rainfall
  • 2014 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry
  • 2010/2011 Rome Fellowship in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters/The American Academy in Rome
  • 2009 Whiting Award
  • 2009 Lannan Foundation Fellowship
  • 2007 National “Best Books” Award from USA Book News for Green Squall
  • 2007 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, for Green Squall
  • 2006 Florida Book Award for Green Squall
  • 2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Green Squall
  • 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, for Green Squall, chosen by Louise Glück
  • Works

  • The Abridged History of Rainfall. McSweeney's Poetry Series. 2016. ISBN 978-1944211264. 
  • Green Squall. Yale University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-300-11454-6. 
  • Anthologies

  • Jay Hopler & Kimberly Johnson, eds. (2013). Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300175202. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
  • Jay Hopler, ed. (1996). The Killing Spirit: An Anthology of Murder for Hire. Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-87951-661-1.  ( Canongate Books 1996)
  • References

    Jay Hopler Wikipedia