James Richardson (born January 1, 1950) is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

Career and education

James Richardson is an American poet and critic. He is a retired Professor of English & Creative Writing at

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, where he had taught since 1980. He grew up in Garden City, New York and attended

, graduating ''summa cum laude'' in 1971. He earned his Ph.D. from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

in 1975. Richardson is the author of several collections of poetry, criticism, and aphorisms, and has been awarded or nominated for some of the top awards in American literature, including the

Jackson Poetry Prize Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organizations in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The organization publishes a bi-monthly magazine called ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', ...

, the

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

, and the

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* Cecil Hemley Award,

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* Emily Dickinson Award,

* NEH Fellowship * New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship * 1991

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* National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, for ''Interglacial: New and Selected Poems and Aphorisms'' * 2010 National Book Award finalist for ''By the Numbers'' * 2011 Jackson Poetry Prize (awarded by Poets & Writers)

Bibliography

Poetry

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Aphorisms

* * Originally published in ''Hotel Amerika'' 9.2 (Spring 2011)

Criticism

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Appearances in anthologies

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References

External links

"End of Summer", ''The New Yorker'', September 3, 2007"In Shakespeare", ''The New Yorker'', February 12, 2007"Subject, Verb, Object", ''The New Yorker'', December 3, 2007
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