Travis Nichols | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Ames, Iowa, U.S. |
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Alma mater | University of Georgia University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Travis Nichols (born 1979) is an American poet and novelist. He works for Greenpeace USA. [1]
He was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1979.
He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His first book of poems, Iowa, was published in 2010 by Letter Machine Editions, and his first novel, Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder, was published by Coffee House Press in 2010. His most recent book of poems, See Me Improving, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2010, and his most recent novel, The More You Ignore Me, was published by Coffee House Press in 2013. [2]
In 2012, he worked with the Yes Men, he helped create the Arctic Ready spoof. [3]
He now lives in Georgia. [4]
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