Jason Sommer

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Jason Sommer
Occupation
  • Poet
  • academic
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Brandeis University
Stanford University
Saint Louis University
Notable awards Whiting Award (2001)

Jason Sommer is an American poet and academic.

Life

He graduated from Brandeis University, Stanford University (where he held the Mirrielees Fellowship in Poetry), and Saint Louis University. He taught at Saint Louis University, Webster University, and University College, Dublin.

Contents

His work appeared in AGNI, [1] The New Republic, Ploughshares, [2] TriQuarterly. [3]

He taught at Fontbonne University [4] from 1985 to 2015, where he also held the distinction of Poet in Residence. [5]

Awards

Works

Translations

Anthologies

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References

  1. "AGNI Online: Author Jason Sommer". Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
  3. "Tri-quarterly". 25 December 2023.
  4. "Sewanee".
  5. Sommer, Jason. LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-sommer-b2063711/ . Retrieved 8 August 2018.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)