Jacob Oet

Author's Bio

Jacob Oet is a freshman at Swarthmore College. He is the author of five poetry chapbooks: Metamorphosis (Kattywompus Press, 2012), Peeling the Apple (NightBallet Press, 2012), Variations (Red Ochre Press, 2013), My Lost Tongue (San Gabriel Valley Literary Festival, 2013), and Nightshirt (Finishing Line Press,2014.) Jacob's poetry appears in Fugue, Cream City Review, Yemassee, and 580 Split, among others.

Publications and Prizes

Chapbooks:

Nightshirt (Finishing Line Press, 2014), Variations (Red Ochre Press, 2013), Metamorphosis (Kattywompus Press, 2012), Peeling the Apple (NightBallet Press, 2012)

Anthologies:

Rabbit Ears: TV Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2013), River of Words (Milkweed Editions, 2012)

Journals:

580 Split, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Birmingham Arts Journal, Blast Furnace, Bluestem Magazine, Cicada, Conclave: A Journal of Character, Crack the Spine, Crate, Cream City Review, Denver Syntax, Diverse Voices Quarterly, Foundling Review, Friction, Fugue, Generations, Gertrude, Illuminations, Left Hand Waving, Moonshot Magazine, Mosaic Art & Literary Journal, Mouse Tales Press, Palooka, Petrichor Machine, Psychic Meatloaf, Radioactive Moat, Rio Grande Review, River Poets Journal, Rock & Sling, So to Speak, Solo Press, Stoneboat, Straylight, Sugar House Review, Switched-On Gutenberg, The Adroit Journal, The Applicant, The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review, The Mayo Review, The New Verse News, The Quotable, Third Wednesday, Yemassee

Prizes:

Runner-Up in 2013 Sutzkever Centennial Translation Prize - Judged by Edward Hirsch, 2011 Baker Nord Center for the Humanities Poetry Prize - Judged by Jorie Graham, 2011 Younkin-Rivera Poetry Prize, 2011 Ohioana Robert Fox Award, 2010 Baker Nord Center for the Humanities Poetry Prize - Judged by Ilya Kaminksy

Jacob Oet Resume

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Listing last updated: April 28, 2013

More Information

Listed as:

Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Russian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

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