Jon Loomis is an American poet and writer. He is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

The University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire is a public liberal arts university located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and has an annual enrollment of more than 10,000 students...

. Vanitas Motel (1998), his first book of poetry, won the 1997 annual FIELD prize in poetry. He is also the author of the Frank Coffin mysteries set in Provincetown, MA, High Season (2007) and Mating Season (2009), both from St. Martin's Minotaur. The third book in the series, Fire Season, is in progress and slated for a spring 2012 release.

Life

Loomis was born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio

Athens, Ohio

Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the 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 studied under the poet Charles Wright

Charles Wright

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. He lives with his wife and two children in west-central Wisconsin.

Poetry

• Vanitas Motel (Oberlin College Press, 1998)
• The Pleasure Principal (Oberlin College Press, 2001)
• Whiskey and Dynamite (in progress)

External links

• The Coffin Diaries
• “Deer Hit”
• “Dog Nights”
• “The Pleasure Principal”
• “Conspiracy Theory”