Jon Pineda (born

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) 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 writte ...

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, and

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Life

Jon Pineda was raised in

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. He graduated from

James Madison University James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...

and

Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virgini ...

. His work has appeared in ''Poetry Northwest'', ''The Literary Review'', ''Sou'wester'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Many Mountains Moving'', ''Asian Pacific American Journal'', ''Puerto del Sol'', and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel ''Apology'', winner of the 2013

Milkweed National Fiction Prize Milkweed Editions is an independent nonprofit literary publisher that originated from the ''Milkweed Chronicle'' literary and arts journal established in Minneapolis in 1979. The journal ceased and the business transitioned to publishing. It relea ...

. His memoir ''Sleep in Me'' was a 2010 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. His poetry collections include ''Little Anodynes'', winner of the 2016 Library of Virginia Literary Award for Poetry, ''The Translator's Diary'', winner of the 2007 Green Rose Prize for Poetry from New Issues Press, and ''Birthmark'', first-place winner in the 2003

Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts. In addition to the cash prizes, two winners get published by a university press. The ''Crab Orchard Rev ...

. He currently teaches in the low-residency MFA program at

Queens University of Charlotte The Queens University of Charlotte is a private university in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has approximately 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students through the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Wayland H. Cato, ...

and is Director of the Creative Writing program at the College of William & Mary.

Awards

* 2016

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Literary Award for Poetry * 2013

* 2010

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"Discover Great New Writers" Selection * 2007 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press * 2003

* Fellowship, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist

Books

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Individual Works

"My Sister, Who Died Young, Takes Up the Task", ''Poetry Foundation''

"The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate 81 South", ''Poetry Foundation''

"Cinque Terre", ''Poetry Foundation''

Anthologies

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References

External links

"Jon Pineda Q&A on his favorite writing time", ''Fishouse''

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pineda, Jon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people James Madison University alumni Virginia Commonwealth University alumni Queens University of Charlotte faculty Old Dominion University faculty