Jason Schneiderman (born 1976) is an American
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
.
Life
Jason Schneiderman has BA degrees in English and Russian from the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
, an MFA in poetry from
NYU
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institutio ...
, and a Ph.D. in English Literature with a focus on Queer Theory from the
Graduate Center, CUNY
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University ...
. He is a tenured professor at
Borough of Manhattan Community College
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is a public community college in New York City. Founded in 1963 as part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, BMCC grants associate degrees in a wide variety of vocational, business, ...
., and has taught in the MFA Program for Writers at
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College (WWC) is a private liberal arts college in Swannanoa, North Carolina. It is known for its curriculum that combines academics, work, and service as every student must complete a required course of study, work an on-campus j ...
. He was a featured faculty member at the 2018 Conference on Poetry at
The Frost Place
The Frost Place is a museum and nonprofit educational center for poetry located at Robert Frost's former home on Ridge Road in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
...
.
He is one of the hosts of
Painted Bride Quarterly Slush Pile, a podcast that puts an editorial meeting on the air.
He is one of the hosts of Monday Night Poetry at
KGB Bar, a longstanding reading series in New York City.
Schneiderman's essays on teaching formal poetry have appeared in
Teachers and Writers. His essays on poetry have frequently appeared in
American Poetry Review
''The American Poetry Review'' (''APR'') is an American poetry magazine printed every other month on tabloid-sized newsprint. It was founded in 1972 by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The magazine's editor is Elizab ...
. The anthology Queer: A Reader for Writers was the first Freshman composition reader focused on LGBTIAQ topics.
Books
*
*
*
Link*
*
Awards
* Fulbright Fellow, Spring 2022 (postponed for the Pandemic)
* The Shestack Award from American Poetry Review, 2015
* The Benjamin Saltman Prize from Red Hen Press, 2015
* The
Fine Arts Work Center
The Fine Arts Work Center is a non-profit enterprise that supports emerging visual artists and writers in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The Work Center was founded in 1968 by a group of American artists and writers to support promising individual ...
Fellowships
* Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Fellowships
* Yaddo Fellowships
* 2004
Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America "to honor the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson though not necessarily in her style.""PSA Annual Awar ...
Works
"Nothingism: A Manifesto"
* ttp://100dayspoems.blogspot.com/2009/04/day-91-jason-schneiderman.html "Oracular", ''Starting Today: Poems for the First 100 Days''br>"Fertile: Sterile:: My Father: Me", ''American Poetry Review''"Jokes About Nuns", ''American Poetry Review''
*
*"Four Poems", ''American Poetry Review''
The Sadness of Antonio
', ''If you died'', ''My Maiden Aunt Is Smoking Again'', ''White Boy''
Anthologies
*
*
*
*
*
References
External links
Author's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schneiderman, Jason
1976 births
Living people
Poets from New York City
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
New York University alumni
Hunter College faculty
Hofstra University faculty
American male poets
American gay writers
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers
American LGBTQ poets
Gay poets