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'''Noah Eli Gordon''' (born 1975) is an American [[poet]], editor, and publisher.
{{short description|American poet, editor, and publisher (1975–2022)}}
'''Noah Eli Gordon''' (1975 – July 10, 2022) was an American [[poet]], editor, and publisher.


==Overview==
==Overview==
Gordon is the co-publisher of Letter Machine Editions,<ref>[http://www.lettermachine.org/aboutlm.html LETTER MACHINE EDITIONS]. lettermachine. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> an editor for ''The Volta'',<ref>[http://www.thevolta.org/thevolta-masthead.html The Volta]. The Volta.org Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and an assistant professor in the MFA program in creative writing<ref>[http://english.colorado.edu/cw/faculty/noah-eli-gordon/ Noah Eli Gordon | Creative Writing]. English.colorado.edu (2012-10-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]], where he currently directs Subito Press.<ref>[http://www.subitopress.org/ Subito Press]. Subito Press (2011-07-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> An advocate of small press culture, he penned a column for five years on chapbooks for ''[[Rain Taxi]]'',<ref>Gordon, Noah Eli (Winter 2008/2009) [http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2008winter/chapbookcorner.shtml Chapbook Corner Round-up 2008]. Raintaxi.com.</ref> ran Braincase Press,<ref>[http://braincasepress3.blogspot.com/ Braincase Press: Catalog]. Braincasepress3.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and was a founding editor of the little magazine ''Baffling Combustions''.<ref>[http://www.abaa.org/books/366896728.html 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.</ref>
Gordon was the co-publisher of Letter Machine Editions,<ref>[http://www.lettermachine.org/aboutlm.html LETTER MACHINE EDITIONS]. lettermachine. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> an editor for ''The Volta'',<ref>[http://www.thevolta.org/thevolta-masthead.html The Volta]. The Volta.org Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and an assistant professor in the MFA program in creative writing<ref>[http://english.colorado.edu/cw/faculty/noah-eli-gordon/ Noah Eli Gordon {{!}} Creative Writing]. English.colorado.edu (2012-10-08). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]], where he directed Subito Press.<ref>[http://www.subitopress.org/ Subito Press]. Subito Press (2011-07-23). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> He ran Braincase Press,<ref>[http://braincasepress3.blogspot.com/ Braincase Press: Catalog]. Braincasepress3.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and was a founding editor of the little magazine ''Baffling Combustions''.<ref>[http://www.abaa.org/books/366896728.html 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.</ref>


His recent books include ''The Year of the Rooster ''(Ahsahta Press, 2013),<ref name="ahsahtapress1">[https://ahsahtapress.org/product/the-year-of-the-rooster/ Noah Eli Gordon – The Year of the Rooster]. Ahsahta Press (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''The Source'' (Futurepoem Books, 2011),<ref>[http://www.futurepoem.com/bookpages/thesource.html Futurepoem books – The Source]. Futurepoem.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''Novel Pictorial Noise'' ([[Harper Perennial]], 2007), and ''Inbox'' ([[BlazeVOX Books]], 2006).<ref>Gordon, Noah Eli (2007) [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Novel-Pictorial-Noise-Noah-Eli-Gordon/?isbn=9780061257032 ''Novel Pictorial Noise''], HarperCollins, ISBN 9780061257032.</ref> His essays, reviews, [[creative nonfiction]], criticism, and poetry appear widely, including journals such as ''Bookforum'', ''Seneca Review'', ''Boston Review'', ''Fence'', ''Hambone'',<ref>[http://www.noaheligordon.com/writing Writing]. Noah Eli Gordon. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and in the anthologies ''Postmodern American Poetry'' ([[W. W. Norton & Company]], 2013),<ref>Hoover, Paul (ed.) (2013) [http://media.wwnorton.com/cms/contents/PostMod_AmPo_2_TOC.pdf Contents]. ''[[Postmodern American Poetry]]'', W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393310906.</ref> ''A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line'' (University of Iowa Press, 2011),<ref>[http://www.noaheligordon.com/anthologies Anthologies]. Noah Eli Gordon (2004-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''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).
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),<ref name="ahsahtapress1">{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616065022/https://ahsahtapress.org/product/the-year-of-the-rooster/ Noah Eli Gordon – The Year of the Rooster]}}. Ahsahta Press (2013-05-21). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''The Source'' (Futurepoem Books, 2011),<ref>[http://www.futurepoem.com/bookpages/thesource.html Futurepoem books – The Source]. Futurepoem.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''Novel Pictorial Noise'' ([[Harper Perennial]], 2007), and ''Inbox'' ([[BlazeVOX Books]], 2006).<ref>Gordon, Noah Eli (2007) [http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Novel-Pictorial-Noise-Noah-Eli-Gordon/?isbn=9780061257032 ''Novel Pictorial Noise''], HarperCollins, {{ISBN|9780061257032}}.</ref> His essays, reviews, [[creative nonfiction]], criticism, and poetry appear widely, including journals such as ''Bookforum'', ''Seneca Review'', ''Boston Review'', ''Fence'', ''Hambone'',<ref>[http://www.noaheligordon.com/writing Writing]. Noah Eli Gordon. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> and in the anthologies ''Postmodern American Poetry'' ([[W. W. Norton & Company]], 2013),<ref>Hoover, Paul (ed.) (2013) [http://media.wwnorton.com/cms/contents/PostMod_AmPo_2_TOC.pdf Contents]. ''[[Postmodern American Poetry]]'', W. W. Norton & Company, {{ISBN|0393310906}}.</ref> ''A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line'' (University of Iowa Press, 2011),<ref>[http://www.noaheligordon.com/anthologies Anthologies]. Noah Eli Gordon (2004-12-20). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> ''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.raintaxi.com/reconsidering-the-world-an-interview-with/|title=Reconsidering the World: An interview with|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>


Critic Michael Robbins, in his award-winning essay<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2013/186408 August 13, 2013 – 2013 Prizes for Contributors to Poetry Announced]. The Poetry Foundation (2013-08-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> "Ripostes," published by ''[[Poetry magazine|Poetry Magazine]]'', referred to Gordon's work as "simply dead — nonresponsive, flatlined, toe-tagged, rotting,"<ref>Deutsch, Abigail. (2013-07-01) [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/246092 Ripostes by Michael Robbins]. Poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> while critic [[Stephen Burt]], writing for ''[[The Nation]]'', noted how Gordon's poetry, which he called "delightful," is "reacting to big modern systems, above all to the system called capitalism, whose results and failures seem inescapable."<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/165424/anxious-and-paralyzed-spahr-gordon-moschovakis-and-ossip#axzz2dHVi3pj4 Anxious and Paralyzed: On Spahr, Gordon, Moschovakis and Ossip]. The Nation (2012-01-03). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref>
Critic Michael Robbins, in his award-winning essay<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2013/186408 August 13, 2013 – 2013 Prizes for Contributors to Poetry Announced]. The Poetry Foundation (2013-08-13). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> "Ripostes," published by ''[[Poetry magazine|Poetry Magazine]]'', referred to Gordon's work as "simply dead — nonresponsive, flatlined, toe-tagged, rotting,"<ref>Deutsch, Abigail. (2013-07-01) [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/246092 Ripostes by Michael Robbins]. Poetryfoundation.org. Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref> 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."<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/article/165424/anxious-and-paralyzed-spahr-gordon-moschovakis-and-ossip#axzz2dHVi3pj4 Anxious and Paralyzed: On Spahr, Gordon, Moschovakis and Ossip]. The Nation (2012-01-03). Retrieved on 2013-08-29.</ref>


==Personal==
==Personal==
Gordon was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. He now lives in Denver with poet [[Sommer Browning]] and their daughter Georgia<ref name="ahsahtapress1"/>
Gordon was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].

Gordon died in July 2022, aged 47.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poet Noah Eli Gordon dies at 47 |url=https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2022/07/13/poet-noah-eli-gordon-dies-47 |access-date=27 November 2022 |work=Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine |date=13 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
At the end of his life he lived in Denver.<ref name="ahsahtapress1"/>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Noah Eli Gordon (1975 – July 10, 2022) was an American poet, editor, and publisher.

Overview

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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

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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

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  • San Francisco State Poetry Center 2007 Book Award for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2009
  • National Poetry Series Open Competition winner (selection by John Ashbery) for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2006
  • Green Rose Prize for A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, 2006
  • Greg Gummer Poetry Award, selected by Robert Creeley, 2005
  • Sawtooth Poetry Prize for The Area of Sound Called the Subtone, 2004
  • Glosband Fellowship, selected by David Shapiro, 2004
  • Jarrell Poetry Prize, selected by Carolyn Forché, 2000

References

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  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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