Mark Jarman

Mark Jarman (born 5 June 1952) is a United States poet and critic often identified with the New Narrative branch of the New Formalism; he was co-editor with Robert McDowell of The Reaper throughout the 1980s. Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, he is the author of nine books of poetry, two books of essays, and a book of essays co-authored with Robert McDowell. He co-edited the anthology Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism with David Mason. Jarman's awards for poetry include a Joseph Henry Jackson Award, three grants from the NEA, and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His book The Black Riviera won the 1991 Poets' Prize. Questions for Ecclesiastes was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry and won the 1998 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets and The Nation magazine.

Books

• North Sea (1978)
• The Rote Walker (1981)
• Far and Away (1985)
• The Black Riviera (1990)
• Iris (1992)
• The Reaper Essays (with Robert McDowell) (1996)
• Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism (editor, with David Mason) (1996)
• Questions for Eccelesiastes (1997)
• Unholy Sonnets (2000)
• The Secret of Poetry (2001)
• Body and Soul (2002)
• To the Green Man (2004)
• Epistles (2007)

External links

• Poet of the Month (website curated by Mark Jarman)
• Academy of American Poets entry
• Author note at Ploughshares
• Foundation entry

References

• Flynn, Richard. "Mark Jarman." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 120: American Poets Since World War II, Third Series. Ed. R.S. Gwynn. Gale Research, 1992.
• Newberry, Jeff. "Mark Jarman." Facts on File Companion to 20th Century American Poetry. Ed. Burt Kimmelman. Facts on File, 2005.