Jeb Livingood
Encyclopedia
Jeb Livingood is an American essayist, short story writer, editor
, and academic.
, American University
, George Mason University
, and University of Virginia
, with an M.F.A. in 2000.
He exhibited at the 1999 Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Conference in Albany, New York.
He teaches at University of Virginia
, where he is faculty advisor for Meridian.
He is the series editor for the Best New Poets
anthology.
He is a commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, and is working in Haiti
.
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, and academic.
Life
He graduated from University of VirginiaUniversity of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
, George Mason University
George Mason University
George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
, and University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, with an M.F.A. in 2000.
He exhibited at the 1999 Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is a literary organization whose mission is "to foster literary talent and achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing."-Members:AWP...
Conference in Albany, New York.
He teaches at University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, where he is faculty advisor for Meridian.
He is the series editor for the Best New Poets
Best New Poets
The Best New Poets series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing fifty poems from poets without a previously published collection...
anthology.
He is a commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, and is working in Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
.
Works
- “To Us,” CreamCity Review, Spring 2004.
- "Motion Sickness," The Texas Review, Fall/Winter 2002.
- "Signal Codes" White House Coffee Store Press, November 2002. ASIN: B000CBS0O0 Chapbook
- "Charles Baxter: Fiction Resisting the Corilineal," The Hollins Critic, October 2000.
- "From the Pilot to the Bombardier: An Anecdote on Literary Fame," The Texas Review, Spring/Summer 2001.
- "Oh Albany, My Love," C-ville, March 21, 2000.
- "Overnight Sensation, 1974," Writer’s Eye, 1999.
- "The Summer Sea," Yemassee, Spring/Summer 1998.
Anthologies
- Charles Baxter, John Kulka, Natalie Danford, ed (2001). Best new American voices 2001. Harcourt. ISBN 9780156010658.
Editor
- George P. GarrettGeorge Garrett (poet)George Palmer Garrett. was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun...
, Jeb Livingood, ed (2005). Best New Poets, 2005. Samovar Press. ISBN 9780976629603. - Eric Pankey, Jeb Livingood, ed (2006). Best New Poets, 2006. Samovar Press. ISBN 9780976629610.
- Natasha TretheweyNatasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from...
, Jeb Livingood, ed (2007). Best New Poets, 2007. Samovar Press. ISBN 9780976629627. - Mark StrandMark StrandMark Strand is an American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. Since 2005, he has been a professor of English at Columbia University.- Biography :...
, Jeb Livingood, ed (2008). Best New Poets, 2008: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers. Samovar Press. ISBN 9780976629634. - Kim AddonizioKim AddonizioKim Addonizio is an award-winning American poet and novelist.-Life:Addonizio is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie....
, Jeb Livingood, ed (2009). Best New Poets, 2009: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers. Samovar Press. ISBN 9780976629641. - George Garrett, Going to see the elephant: pieces of a writing life, Jeb Livingood ed, Texas Review Press, 2002, ISBN 9781881515425
Essay
- "Revenge of the Introverts", Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, Volume 2, Number 4, April 1, 1995