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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Washington, DC

District Of Columbia US

Email:

jfnordhaus@gmail.com

Bio:

Studied philosophy at Barnard College & German Literature at Yale University. Taught workshops for many years at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Md. Coordinated poetry programs for the Folger Shakespeare Library, served for 6 years as President of Washington Writers' Publishing House and, for 8 years, as Review Editor of Poet Lore.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

German

Born in:

Baltimore

Raised in:

Baltimore

Prizes won:

Colladay Prize, Quarterly Review of Literature; Charles B. Wheeler Award Ohio State University Press; Edward Stanley Award, Prairie Schooner

What I'm reading now:

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald

Primo Levi by Survival in Auschwitz

Identifies as:

Jewish

Prefers to work with:

Any