Noah Eli Gordon

Noah Eli Gordon (born 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet. Gordon was educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently teaches at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Gordon currently writes the chapbook review column for the book review publication Rain Taxi. His work has appeared in numerous national and international journals and magazines.

Awards

• San Francisco State Poetry Center 2007 Book Award for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2009
• National Poetry Series Open Competition winner (selection by John Ashbery) for Novel Pictorial Noise, 2006
• Green Rose Prize for A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, 2006
• Greg Gummer Poetry Award, selected by Robert Creeley, 2005
• Sawtooth Poetry Prize for The Area of Sound Called the Subtone, 2004
• Glosband Fellowship, selected by David Shapiro, 2004
• Jarrell Poetry Prize, selected by Carolyn Forché, 2000

Works

Selected publications

• The Frequencies (Tougher Disguises, 2003)
• The Area of Sound Called the Subtone (Ahsahta, 2004)
• That We Come To A Consensus (with Sara Veglahn; Ugly Duckling Presse, 2005)
• Inbox (BlazeVOX, 2006)
• A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow (New Issues, 2007)
• Novel Pictorial Noise (Harper Perennial, 2007; selected by John Ashbery for the 2006 National Poetry Series; awarded the San Francisco State University Poetry Center Book Award)
• Figures for a Darkroom Voice (with Joshua Marie Wilkinson;Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2007)
• Acoustic Experience (Pavement Saw Press, 2008)
• The Source (Futurepoem Books, 2011)

Poetry

• A New Hymn to the Old Night
• from The Year of the Rooster
• from The Source
• from The Source
• from The Source
• from The Source
• Diminishing Returns
• Eight Meditations on Enormity, Petrifaction, and Work
• An exact comprehension of the composer’s intent
• FOUR ALLUSIVE FIELDS
• Gepetto Also Made a Mother
• THE LAUGHING ALPHABET
• from Novel Pictorial Noise
• poems with sound files
• How Human Nouns
• SIX PARAGRAPHS FROM A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONAL BOOK from Novel Pictorial Noise
• from Jaywalking the Is
• Flag a sestina

Creative Nonfiction

• from Dysgraphia
• from Dysgraphia

Sound Files

• PennSound page
• on National Public Radio
• @ Dikeou Collection
• @ Emergency series
• @ Segue series
• @ MLA 2008 offsite
• @ Prairie Lights
• @ weirddeermedia

Video

• Performances from The Source
• The Source in Denver

Criticism & Essays

• on Jack Spicer
• on Donna Stonecipher
• on Farid Matuk
• on Ben Doller
• on John Olson
• on Joron's The Sound Mirror
• Chapbook Corner Round-up 2008
• Keeping Creeley’s Company:Chapbook design, community, and collaboration
• on Frank O'Hara
• on Brandon Stosuy
• on Kenneth Koch
• on Rod Smith
• Considering Chapbooks: A Brief History of the Little Book
• Written and Rewritten to Order: The Gift of Generative Possibility in the Work of David Shapiro
• on Joseph Lease
• on Aaron Kunin
• on Karen Volkman
• on Anselm Berrigan
• more on Berrigan
• on Andrew Joron
• on Belladonna Books
• from Poet’s Bookshelf II:Contemporary Poets on Books That Shaped Their Art
• on Matthew Cooperman
• on Hocquard & Gevirtz
• "working notes 2002"

Interviews

• in RainTaxi
• Zingchat
• HCE Site
• in e-x-c-h-a-n-g-e-v-a-l-u-e-s
• By rob mclennan
• in UMass Magazine

Reviews

• Tony Tost on The Frequencies
• Thomas Fink on The Frequencies
• Mark Scroggins on The Frequencies

• Rusty Morrison on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
• Stephanie Anderson on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
• Thomas Fink on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone
• Luke Kennard on The Area of Sound Called the Subtone

• J'Lyn Chapman on That We Come to a Consensus

• Ron Silliman on Inbox
• Andy Frazee on Inbox
• Joseph Bradshaw on Inbox
• Kristina Marie Darling on Inbox

• Andrew Grace on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Matthew Cooperman on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Richard Parks on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Mike Maggio on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Stephen Burt on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Melinda Wilson on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• rob mclennan on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Michael Flatt on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow
• Izetta Mobley on A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow

• Publishers Weekly on Novel Pictorial Noise
• John Latta on Novel Pictorial Noise
• Jason B. Jones on Novel Pictorial Noise
• John Bloomberg-Rissman's first take on Novel Pictorial Noise
• John Bloomberg-Rissman's second take on Novel Pictorial Noise
• Victor Schnickelfritz on Novel Pictorial Noise
• RAYMOND JOHN DE BORJA on Novel Pictorial Noise

• Powells.com Staff Pick on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
• Christopher Vera on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
• Gina Meyers on Figures for a Darkroom Voice
• Mike McDonough on Figures for a Darkroom Voice

• Rachel Cole on Acoustic Experience

• John Olson on The Source
• Publishers Weekly on The Source
• Oren Silverman on The Source
• Lawrence Giffin on The Source
• Poetry Foundation on The Source
• Molly Gaudry on The Source
• rob mclennan on The Source
• Eileen Tabios on The Source
• Michael Leong on The Source
• Stephen Burt on The Source

External links

• Gagnon on Gordon
• Colorado Poets Center site includes biographical material and poems
• Faculty page at CU-Boulder site includes links