Aaron Belz

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Aaron Belz (born September 27, 1971) is an American writer and poet. [1]

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Early life and education

Belz grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri and attended schools including Westminster Christian Academy, the Stony Brook School and Framlingham College [ verification needed ]. He was awarded a Maclellan Foundation Scholarship to attend Covenant College in Georgia in 1990, and graduated with a double major in English and History in 1993. Belz was enrolled in the Creative Writing program at New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. [2] In 2007, he received a Ph.D. in English at Saint Louis University.

Career

In 2003 Belz founded Observable Readings, a poetry series and imprint in St. Louis. [3] [4] Belz published his first book of poetry, The Bird Hoverer, in 2007. [5] He then began teaching English and Creative Writing at Fontbonne University, and later at Saint Louis University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and Providence Christian College.[ citation needed ] He published a second book, Lovely, Raspberry: Poems, in 2010. [6] In 2013, he received media attention for a Craigslist ad he placed to sell custom poems. [7] [8] [9]

In 2013, Belz performed readings at Comedy Meltdown. [10] That same year he opened up Hillsborough Bicycle, a bicycle repair shop, with his son Eli in Hillsborough, North Carolina. [11] In 2014 Belz was teaching English at Durham Technical Community College in Durham, North Carolina and published his third book, Glitter Bomb: Poems. [12] [13] Belz's poetry has appeared in Fence, Exquisite Corpse, The Atlantic and The Washington Post , and his essays and reviews have appeared in The Wall Street Journal , the San Francisco Chronicle and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Sendor, Julia (2015-04-13). "Hillsborough-area poets take a turn for the verse". The News & Observer. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  2. ↑ Howe, Brian (5 March 2014). "The elusive Aaron Belz, lauded poet, public misanthrope and private seeker". Indyweek.com.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Aubuchon, Kim (9 September 2013). "Observable Readings Kicks Off its Eleventh Season With New Curators, and a New Home". Stlmag.com. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  4. ↑ Brewer, Robert Lee (2011-02-08). "Interview With Poet Aaron Belz". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  5. ↑ Trigilio, Tony (2007-09-01). "Microreview: Aaron Belz, The Bird Hoverer". Boston Review. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  6. ↑ Dill, Julie (2011-01-10). "Review: Lovely, Raspberry". www.stlmag.com. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  7. ↑ Mattix, Micah (2013-08-14). "Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Poem on Craigslist?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  8. ↑ "Aaron Belz Poet for Hire" KDHX.org Archived 2014-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Brewer, Robert Lee (2013-08-15). "Aaron Belz: Poet for Hire on Craigslist". Writer's Digest. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  10. ↑ "Cartographer of Word Galaxies: An Interview with Aaron Belz" Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine The Believer. September 24, 2013. Susan Lerner
  11. ↑ "Home". hillsboroughbicycle.com.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ Courter, Barry (2014-03-28). "'The slipperiness of Language': Poems don't earn a living, but poets say they don't care (with video, audio)". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  13. ↑ Ridker, Andrew (2014-12-04). "Microreview: Aaron Belz, Glitter Bomb". Boston Review. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  14. ↑ "'Aaron Belz' interviewed by Luke Irwin". Pif Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  15. ↑ Labbe, Jason (1 November 2010). "Lovely, Raspberry". Boston Review.
  16. ↑ Robbins, Michael. "Suspicious Packages". Books and Culture. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  17. ↑ Danielsen, Aarik (2019-12-18). "Strange and Holy and Rough". The Curator. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
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