Nick Admussen

Poet

Ithaca, NY
New York US
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Author's Bio

I am an Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Cornell University. I have a Ph. D. from Princeton University, where I wrote a book called Recite and Refuse: Contemporary Chinese Prose Poetry. I'm also a graduate of the MFA program at Washington University in St. Louis, and served as their third-year poet in residence. I am the author of five chapbooks and have unpublished work available for solicitation. In addition to original poetry, I write essays and book reviews, and am a translator of contemporary Chinese poetry: my translation of the poet Ya Shi, titled Floral Mutter, is available from Zephyr Press. You can follow me on Twitter @nadmussen or read more about me at nickadmussen.com.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best New Poets (Meridian, 2018)
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Best Small Fictions (Braddock Avenue Books, 2017)
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Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics (Black Ocean Press, 2014)
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New Cathay: Contemporary Chinese Poetry (Tupelo Press, 2013)
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The Third Shore (Shearsman Books, 2013)
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No Enemies, No Hatred (Harvard University Press, 2011)
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Diagram III (Del Sol Press, 2008)
Chapbooks:
Stand Back, Don't Fear the Change (New Michigan Press, 2019)
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Neither Nearing Nor Departing (Two of Cups Press, 2017)
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The Experiment in Morbidity (Grey Book Press, 2013)
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Watching Lumia (Winged City Press, 2013)
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Movie Plots (Epiphany Editions, 2010)
Journals:
751 Magazine
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Barrow Street
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Circumference
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Comstock Review
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Delmar Magazine
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Drunken Boat
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Fence
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inch
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Kenyon Review Online
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nthposition
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Pebble Lake Review
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Queen Mob's Tea House
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Renditions
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Sou'wester
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The Alembic
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The Found Poetry Review
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The Ledge
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UCity Review
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Western Humanities Review
Prizes won: 

National Poetry Series finalist, 2018

Best New Poets, 2018

Best Small Fictions, 2017

PEN/Heim Translation Fund grantee, 2017

Winner, Two of Cups Chapbook Prize, 2017

Finalist, Pleides Press Poetry Prize, 2017

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
Chinese, English
Born in: 
St. Louis
Raised in: 
St. Louis, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Oct 01, 2020