- Bob Hicok
Bob Hicok is an American poet, born in 1960. He currently is an associate professor of creative writing at
Virginia Tech . He is fromMichigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business.His first book, "The Legend of Light", (1995) was chosen by Carolyn Kizer for the 1995
Felix Pollak Prize . This book, published by theUniversity of Wisconsin Press , was later chosen anALA Booklist Notable Book of the Year. "Plus Shipping" followed in 1998. His 2001 release, "Animal Soul", was a finalist for theNational Book Critics Circle Award [http://www.pw.org/mag/is_criticscircle.htm Poets and Writers Inc., Feb. 01, 2001] . He has published two other books -- "Insomnia Diary" (2004) and "This Clumsy Living" (2007), both with the University of Pittsburgh Press. "This Clumsy Living" received the2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress [ [http://www.loc.gov/poetry/bobbitt.html Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry - Poetry (Library of Congress) ] ] .His poems have appeared in such publications as
The New Yorker ,Poetry Magazine ,The Paris Review andThe American Poetry Review , as well as four volumes ofThe Best American Poetry . Awarded aGuggenheim Fellowship in 2008 [ [http://www.gf.org/newfellow-fields.html Guggenheim Foundation 2008 Fellows ] ] and an NEA Fellowship in 1999, his work has also been reprinted three times in thePushcart Anthology .His works include the following:"This Clumsy Living", 2007, the University of Pittsburgh Press;"Insomnia Diary", 2004, the University of Pittsburgh Press;"Animal Soul", 2003, Invisible Cities Press;"Plus Shipping", 1998, BOA Editions, Ltd.; and"The Legend of Light", 1995 University of Wisconsin Press.
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External links
* [http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16657 Go Greyhound] A poem by Bob Hicok
* [http://pebblelakereview.com/poetry/Breakfast.htm Breakfast] A poem by Bob Hicok
* [http://pebblelakereview.com/poetry/Embrace.htm Embrace] A poem by Bob Hicok
* [http://www.poems.com/special_features/prose/essay_hicok.php Is a Pepper Steak a Steak Made of Pepper?] An interview with Bob Hicok
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