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Jason Sommer is an American poet and academic. LifeHe graduated from Brandeis University, Stanford University (where he held the Mirrielees Fellowship in Poetry), and St. Louis University. He taught at St. Louis University, Webster University, and University College, Dublin. 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- National Endowment for the Humanities grant
- 2001 Whiting Award
Works- {{cite journal|url=http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=1677 |title=The Ballad of Fighting With My Father |date=Spring 1984 |work=Ploughshares |format= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329052834/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=1677 |archivedate=March 29, 2005 }}
- {{cite book| title=Lifting the Stone | publisher=Forest Books | date=January 1, 1991| isbn=978-0-948259-94-4 }}
- {{cite book| title=Other People's Troubles| url=https://books.google.com/?id=qtBmcE-BAGYC&dq=Jason+Sommer&printsec=frontcover&q=|publisher=University of Chicago Press| year=1997| isbn=978-0-226-76816-8 }}
- {{cite book| title=The Man Who Sleeps in My Office| url=https://books.google.com/?id=QsfABqlL2CYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jason+Sommer#v=onepage&q=| publisher=University of Chicago Press| year=2004| isbn=978-0-226-76805-2 }}
- {{cite book| title=The Laughter of Adam and Eve| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JaztAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jason+Sommer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fbqEU6ieOcGQyASWtoGAAw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Jason%20Sommer&f=false| publisher=Southern Illinois University Press| year=2013| isbn=978-0809332786 }}
Translations- {{cite book| title=Wang in love and bondage: three novellas| url=https://books.google.com/?id=0oLwfcF1yG8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jason+Sommer#v=onepage&q=| author=Wang Xiabobo | others=Translators Jason Sommer, Hongling Zhang| publisher=SUNY Press| year=2007| isbn=978-0-7914-7065-7 }}
Anthologies- {{cite book| title=The New American Poets| editor=Michael Collier| publisher=UPNE| year=2000| isbn=978-0-87451-964-8 }}
References1. ^http://www.bu.edu/agni/authors/J/Jason-Sommer.html
2. ^http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=1443
3. ^https://books.google.com/books?id=rC6xAAAAIAAJ&q=Jason+Sommer+lifting+stone&dq=Jason+Sommer+lifting+stone&lr=
4. ^http://www.sewanee.edu/ywc/SYWCFacultySommer.htm
5. ^{{cite web |last1=Sommer |first1=Jason |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-sommer-b2063711/ |website=LinkedIn |accessdate=August 8, 2018}}
External links- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
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