Noah Eli Gordon (1975 – July 10, 2022) was an American poet, editor, and publisher.

Overview

Gordon was the co-publisher of Letter Machine Editions,[1] an editor for The Volta,[2] and an assistant professor in the MFA program in creative writing[3] at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he directed Subito Press.[4] He ran Braincase Press,[5] and was a founding editor of the little magazine Baffling Combustions.[6]

His books included Is That the Sound of a Piano Coming from Several Houses Down? (Solid Objects, 2018),The Word Kingdom in the Word Kingdom (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2015),The Year of the Rooster (Ahsahta Press, 2013),[7] The Source (Futurepoem Books, 2011),[8] Novel Pictorial Noise (Harper Perennial, 2007), and Inbox (BlazeVOX Books, 2006).[9] His essays, reviews, creative nonfiction, criticism, and poetry appear widely, including journals such as Bookforum, Seneca Review, Boston Review, Fence, Hambone,[10] and in the anthologies Postmodern American Poetry (W. W. Norton & Company, 2013),[11] A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line (University of Iowa Press, 2011),[12] Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing (Northwestern University Press, 2011), Poets on Teaching (University of Iowa Press, 2010), and Burning Interiors: David Shapiro’s Poetry and Poetics (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007). He was interviewed in the spring of 2007 by Rain Taxi, for whom he wrote a chapbook review column at the time.[13]

Critic Michael Robbins, in his award-winning essay[14] "Ripostes," published by Poetry Magazine, referred to Gordon's work as "simply dead — nonresponsive, flatlined, toe-tagged, rotting,"[15] while critic Stephanie Burt, writing for The Nation, noted how Gordon's poetry, which she called "delightful," is "reacting to big modern systems, above all to the system called capitalism, whose results and failures seem inescapable."[16]

Personal

Gordon was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Gordon died in July 2022, aged 47.[17] At the end of his life he lived in Denver.[7]

Awards

References

  1. ^ LETTER MACHINE EDITIONS. lettermachine. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  2. ^ The Volta. The Volta.org Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  3. ^ Noah Eli Gordon | Creative Writing. English.colorado.edu (2012-10-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  4. ^ Subito Press. Subito Press (2011-07-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  5. ^ Braincase Press: Catalog. Braincasepress3.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  6. ^ Baffling Combustions Issues 1, 2 and 3 by Elizabeth Willis et al Eileen Myles from Derringer Books, Member A.B.A.A. – Used Book – Paperback – First Edition. Abaa.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  7. ^ a b Noah Eli Gordon – The Year of the Rooster[usurped]. Ahsahta Press (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  8. ^ Futurepoem books – The Source. Futurepoem.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  9. ^ Gordon, Noah Eli (2007) Novel Pictorial Noise, HarperCollins, ISBN 9780061257032.
  10. ^ Writing. Noah Eli Gordon. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  11. ^ Hoover, Paul (ed.) (2013) Contents. Postmodern American Poetry, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393310906.
  12. ^ Anthologies. Noah Eli Gordon (2004-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  13. ^ "Reconsidering the World: An interview with". 5 December 2013.
  14. ^ August 13, 2013 – 2013 Prizes for Contributors to Poetry Announced. The Poetry Foundation (2013-08-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  15. ^ Deutsch, Abigail. (2013-07-01) Ripostes by Michael Robbins. Poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  16. ^ Anxious and Paralyzed: On Spahr, Gordon, Moschovakis and Ossip. The Nation (2012-01-03). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.
  17. ^ "Poet Noah Eli Gordon dies at 47". Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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