Angelo Nikolopoulos
Angelo Nikolopoulos | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 24, 1981 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | 2000s–present |
Angelo Nikolopoulos (born September 24, 1981) is an American poet.
Nikolopoulos's first book of poems, Obscenely Yours, was published by Alice James Books in April 2013 [1] and was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry.[2] His second book of poetry, Pleasure, is forthcoming from Four Way Books.[3]
His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry (2012),[4] Best New Poets (2011),[5] Boston Review,[6] Fence, Los Angeles Review of Books, New York Quarterly, Poetry Society of America, Tin House, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere.[7]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Nikolopoulos received a BA from the University of California, Berkeley and an MA in Creative Writing and Literature from New York University, where he studied with the poet Sharon Olds.[8] He credits his decision to become a poet to finding a tattered copy of Olds's first book of poetry, Satan Says, in a taxi in San Francisco as a teenager.[9]
He is the founder and host of The White Swallow Reading Series at the iconic Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Since 2013, the series has featured writers Christopher Bram, Michael Cunningham, Michael Dickman, Alex Dimitrov, Mark Doty, Marie Howe, A.M. Homes, Wayne Koestenbaum, Timothy Liu, Dorothea Lasky, Paul Legault, Susanna Moore, Eileen Myles, Brenda Shaughnessy, Gerald Stern, Justin Torres, Jean Valentine, Susan Wheeler, and Edmund White.[10]
He teaches at New York University[11] and Rutgers University,[12] is the Program Administrator for the Creative Writing Program at New York University,[13] and lives in New York City.[14]
Works
[edit | edit source]Books
[edit | edit source]- Obscenely Yours. Alice James Books. April 2013.
- Pleasure. Four Way Books. Spring 2022.
Selected poems
[edit | edit source]- "Going Garbo" and "Hot Interracial, Hard Fuck, Big Black Cook". The Awl. October 2010.
- "Self Suck". Boston Review. May 2011.
- "Whispering Pines, Texas". Boxcar Poetry Review. May 2009.
- "Dress". The Collagist. January 2012.
- "After the Burial". Cortland Review. February 2012.
- "My Desire Has Made Me Radiantly Unspecial" The Journal. February 2012.
- "Daffodil". Lambda Literary. December 2010.
- "Female Trouble". Painted Bride Quarterly. April 2013.
- "Rear Stable: Auditions". Poetry Society of America. August 2013.
- "Boys Destroyed: Auditions". TriQuarterly. July 2013.
Poems in anthologies
[edit | edit source]- "Daffodil". Best American Poetry 2012. August 2012.
- "Daffodil". Best New Poets 2011. January 2012.
- "Going Garbo". Divining Divas. February 2012.
- "A Divine Spirit That Indwells in Nature and the Universe". Collective Brightness. May 2011.
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]- Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, 2015.[15]
- Lambda Literary Foundation Award Finalist for Poetry, 2014.[16]
- MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 2013.[17]
- Kinereth Gensler Award; Alice James Books, 2011.
- “Discovery”/Boston Review Prize for Poetry, 2011.[18]
- Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 2010.[19]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ (2013-25-02). "Obscenely Yours". Publishers Weekly.
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- ^ Holland, Walter (2012-25-12). The Best American Poetry 2012. Lambda Literary.
- ^ Best New Poets Final Fifty. Best New Poets.
- ^ Nikolopoulos, Angelo (2011-01-05). "Self Suck". Boston Review.
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- ^ Authors Archived August 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Alice James Books.
- ^ Alice James Books Spring 2013 Newsletter. Alice James Books.
- ^ Performances. Cornelia Street Cafe.
- ^ [1]. New York University.
- ^ Writers House Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Rutgers University.
- ^ [2]. NYU.edu.
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