James Hoch (poet)
James Hoch | |
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Born | New Jersey, United States |
Occupation | Poet, professor |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Millersville University University of Maryland |
James Hoch is an American poet.
Biography
The son of a teacher-coach and a saleswoman, Hoch grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey, with three older siblings. Hoch studied philosophy at Millersville University and graduated from University of Maryland with an MFA in creative writing/poetry.
He has taught at Franklin and Marshall College and Lynchburg College. He now teaches at Ramapo College in New Jersey. Prior to teaching, Hoch worked as a dishwasher, dock worker, cook, social worker, and shepherd.
Hoch's poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Washington Post, Antioch,[1] Slate, The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, Carolina Quarterly,[2] The Virginia Quarterly Review, New England Review, Pleiades, Black Warrior Review, Gettysburg, Five Fingers, and The New Republic.[3]
He was the 2008 The Frost Place Poet in residence.
Personal life
Hoch has lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Takoma Park, Maryland; Charlottesville, Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Collingswood, New Jersey and Nyack, New York. He now resides Garrison, NY, with his wife and sons.[4]
Awards
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference fellowships
- Sewanee Writers' Conference fellowships
- Summer Literary Seminars fellowships
- Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual Artists Fellowship, 2002
- National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, 2007[4]
- The Frost Place Poet in residence, 2008
- Gerald Cable Award, for A Parade of Hands
Bibliography
- Miscreants. W.W. Norton. 2007. ISBN 978-0-393-06486-5.
- A Parade of Hands. Silverfish Review Press. 2003. ISBN 978-1-878851-19-2.
Notes
- ↑ The Antioch Review, volume 59 (2001).
- ↑ Carolina Quarterly volume 56 (2004).
- ↑ Hoch, James. "Recess". The New Republic.
- 1 2 Hoch profile, National Endowment for the Arts. Accessed March 10, 2011.
References
- Pinsky, Robert (September 2, 2007). "Poet's Choice: James Hoch/Morphine". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
External links
- Poems by James Hoch in Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts in vol. 9, no. 1
- "James Hoch", Fishouse
- "Night Crabbing", Blackbird, Fall 2005
- "Soft Shells"; "Amorphophallus titanum, The Corpse Flower"; "The Color"; "Fulgurite", The Drunken Boat
- "sound of a body falling off a bridge", cross connect
- "The Farm in Coleraine", OK Review
- "Late Autumn Wasp", poets.org
- "Draft", Slate, Feb. 22, 2005
- "Hinge", Slate, April 5, 2000