Noah Eli Gordon
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Noah Eli Gordon is an American poet
. Gordon was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. Gordon currently writes the chapbook review column for the book review publication Rain Taxi. His work has appeared in numerous national and international journals and magazines.
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...
. Gordon was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. Gordon currently writes the chapbook review column for the book review publication Rain Taxi. His work has appeared in numerous national and international journals and magazines.
Awards
- San Francisco State Poetry Center 2007 Book Award for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2009
- National Poetry Series Open Competition winner (selection by John Ashbery) for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2006
- Green Rose Prize for A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, 2006
- Greg Gummer Poetry Award, selected by Robert Creeley, 2005
- Sawtooth Poetry Prize for The Area of Sound Called the Subtone, 2004
- Glosband Fellowship, selected by David Shapiro, 2004
- Jarrell Poetry Prize, selected by Carolyn Forché, 2000
Selected publications
- Frequencies (Tougher DisguisesTougher DisguisesTougher Disguises is a publisher of experimental poetry, based in San Diego, California. It was founded by poet James Meetze in 2002, publishing small letterpress editions by a pair of established poets, Peter Gizzi and Clark Coolidge....
, 2003) - Area of Sound Called the Subtone (Ahsahta, 2004)
- That We Come To A Consensus (with Sara Veglahn; Ugly Duckling PresseUgly Duckling PresseUgly Duckling Presse is an American nonprofit art and publishing collective based in Brooklyn, New York City that publishes small to mid-size runs of poetry, translations, lost works, and artist's books. It was founded in 1993 by Matvei Yankelevich as a college zine before expanding to publishing...
, 2005) - http://www.blazevox.org/bk-neg.htmInbox (BlazeVOX, 2006)
- A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow (New Issues, 2007)
- Novel Pictorial Noise (Harper Perennial, 2007; selected by John AshberyJohn AshberyJohn Lawrence Ashbery is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But Ashbery's work still proves controversial...
for the 2006 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
; awarded the San Francisco State University Poetry Center Book Award) - Figures for a Darkroom Voice (with Joshua Marie WilkinsonJoshua Marie WilkinsonJoshua Marie Wilkinson is an American poet and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Haller Lake neighborhood, Seattle, Washington. His given name is Joshua Wilson; his grandmother's name was Marie Wilkinson, after whom he writes and publishes. He earned degrees in Poetry , Film , and English...
;Tarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky PressTarpaulin Sky Press is a small press publisher of hybrid texts as well as poetry and prose. Founded by Christian Peet in 2006 and based in Grafton, Vermont, the company produces full-length books, chapbooks, trade paperbacks, hand-bound books, and a literary journal that appears in online and paper...
, 2007) - Acoustic Experience (Pavement Saw Press, 2008)
- The Source (Futurepoem Books, 2011)
Poetry
- A New Hymn to the Old Night
- from The Year of the Rooster
- from The Source
- from The Source
- from The Source
- from The Source
- Diminishing Returns
- Eight Meditations on Enormity, Petrifaction, and Work
- An exact comprehension of the composer’s intent
- FOUR ALLUSIVE FIELDS
- Gepetto Also Made a Mother
- THE LAUGHING ALPHABET
- from Novel Pictorial Noise
- poems with sound files
- How Human Nouns
- SIX PARAGRAPHS FROM A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL BOOK from Novel Pictorial Noise
- from Jaywalking the Is
- Flag a sestina
Creative Nonfiction
Sound Files
- PennSound page
- on National Public Radio
- @ Dikeou Collection
- @ Emergency series
- @ Segue series
- @ MLA 2008 offsite
- @ Prairie Lights
- @ weirddeermedia
Video
Criticism & Essays
- on Jack Spicer
- on Donna Stonecipher
- on Farid Matuk
- on Ben Doller
- on John Olson
- on Joron's The Sound Mirror
- Chapbook Corner Round-up 2008
- Keeping Creeley’s Company:Chapbook design, community, and collaboration
- on Frank O'Hara
- on Brandon Stosuy
- on Kenneth Koch
- on Rod Smith
- Considering Chapbooks: A Brief History of the Little Book
- Written and Rewritten to Order: The Gift of Generative Possibility in the Work of David Shapiro
- on Joseph Lease
- on Aaron Kunin
- on Karen Volkman
- on Anselm Berrigan
- more on Berrigan
- on Andrew Joron
- on Belladonna Books
- from Poet’s Bookshelf II:Contemporary Poets on Books That Shaped Their Art
- on Matthew Cooperman
- on Hocquard & Gevirtz
- "working notes 2002"
Interviews
Reviews
- Rusty Morrison on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
- Stephanie Anderson on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
- Thomas Fink on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
- Luke Kennard on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
- Andrew Grace on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Matthew Cooperman on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Richard Parks on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Mike Maggio on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Stephen Burt on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Melinda Wilson on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- rob mclennan on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Michael Flatt on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Izetta Mobley on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
- Publishers Weekly on Novel Pictorial Noise
- John Latta on Novel Pictorial Noise
- Jason B. Jones on Novel Pictorial Noise
- John Bloomberg-Rissman's first take on Novel Pictorial Noise
- John Bloomberg-Rissman's second take on Novel Pictorial Noise
- Victor Schnickelfritz on Novel Pictorial Noise
- RAYMOND JOHN DE BORJA on Novel Pictorial Noise
- Powells.com Staff Pick on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
- Christopher Vera on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
- Gina Meyers on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
- Mike McDonough on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
- John Olson on The Source
- Publishers Weekly on The Source
- Oren Silverman on The Source
- Lawrence Giffin on The Source
- Poetry Foundation on The Source
- Molly Gaudry on The Source
- rob mclennan on The Source
- Eileen Tabios on The Source
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External links
- Gagnon on Gordon
- Colorado Poets Center site includes biographical material and poems
- Faculty page at CU-Boulder site includes links