Angelo Nikolopoulos

Angelo Nikolopoulos (born September 24, 1981) is an American poet.

Angelo Nikolopoulos
Born (1981-09-24) September 24, 1981
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period2000s–present

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

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

Books

Selected poems

Poems in anthologies

Awards and honors

References
  1. (2013-25-02). "Obscenely Yours". Publishers Weekly.
  2. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/
  3. http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/graduate/Faculty1.html
  4. Holland, Walter (2012-25-12). The Best American Poetry 2012. Lambda Literary.
  5. Best New Poets Final Fifty. Best New Poets.
  6. Nikolopoulos, Angelo (2011-01-05). "Self Suck". Boston Review.
  7. https://www.angelonikolopoulos.com/bio-1
  8. Authors Archived August 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Alice James Books.
  9. Alice James Books Spring 2013 Newsletter. Alice James Books.
  10. Performances. Cornelia Street Cafe.
  11. . New York University.
  12. Writers House Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. Rutgers University.
  13. . NYU.edu.
  14. https://www.angelonikolopoulos.com/bio-1
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/05/12/d-a-powell-salutes-angelo-nikolopoulos/
  19. http://www.saltonstall.org/members/angelo-nikolopoulos.html
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