David Hernandez (poet)
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David Hernandez is an American poet
and novelist. Most recently, he was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.
He teaches poetry at California State University, Long Beach
. He lives in Long Beach, California
, and is married to writer Lisa Glatt.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and novelist. Most recently, he was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.
Life
His poems have appeared in FIELD, The Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, UPNE, Poetry Daily, AGNI, The Southern Review, Epoch, Iowa Review, Pleiades, "Happiness Epedemic" . His drawings have appeared in Indiana Review.He teaches poetry at California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California by enrollment...
. He lives in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, and is married to writer Lisa Glatt.
Awards
- 2011 National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Fellowship for Poetry. - 2010 Kathyrn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
- 2005 Crab Orchard Series in PoetryCrab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition AwardsThe Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts. In addition to the cash prizes, two winners get published by a university press....
Poetry Books
- Hoodwinked, Sarabande Books (2011)
- Always Danger, Southern Illinois University Press (2006)
- A House Waiting for Music, Tupelo Press (2003)
YA Novels
- No More Us for You, HarperCollins (2009)
- Suckerpunch, HarperCollins (2008)