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Paul Hoover (born 1946) is an American poet and editor born in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

His work has been associated with the New York School poets and innovative practices such as New York School and language poetry.

After many years as poet in residence at Columbia College Chicago, he accepted the position of Professor of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University in 2003. He lives in Mill Valley, California, with his wife, the poet and fiction writer Maxine Chernoff.

He is widely known as editor, with Chernoff, of the literary magazine New American Writing, published once a year in association with San Francisco State University. He is also known for editing the anthology Postmodern American Poetry.

Hoover wrote the script for the 1994 independent film Viridian, directed by Joseph Ramirez, which was screened at The Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Hamburg Film Festival.

He serves as curator of a new poetry series at the DeYoung Museum of Art in San Francisco. The series' first season, in the spring of 2007, featured Michael Palmer, Anne Carson, and Robert Hass.

Hoover was a founding board member and former president of the independent poetry reading series, "The Poetry Center at School of the Art Institute of Chicago," which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2004.

His poetry has appeared in the literary magazines American Poetry Review, Triquarterly, Conjunctions, The Paris Review, Partisan Review, Sulfur, The New Republic, Hambone, and The Iowa Review, among others. It has also appeared in numerous anthologies including five volumes of the annual anthology The Best American Poetry series.

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Total Books: 21
Desolation Souvenir
2012 - Desolation Souvenir (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781890650582
ISBN-10: 1890650587
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Sonnet 56
2009 - Sonnet 56 [Trenchart: Maneuvers Series] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9781934254127
ISBN-10: 1934254126
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Poems in Spanish
2005 - Poems in Spanish (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781890650254
ISBN-10: 1890650250
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Fables of Representation Essays
2004 - Fables of Representation Essays [Poets on Poetry] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780472068562
ISBN-10: 0472068563
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2001 - Rehearsal in Black [Salt Modern Poets S.] (Hardcover)
Saigon Illinois
1988 - Saigon Illinois (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780394758497
ISBN-10: 0394758498
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The Novel A Poem
The Novel a Poem (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780811211482
ISBN-10: 0811211487
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Viridian Poems
Viridian Poems [Contemporary Poetry Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780820318950
ISBN-10: 0820318957
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Letter to Einstein Beginning Dear Albert Poems
Letter to Einstein Beginning Dear Albert Poems (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780916328122
ISBN-10: 0916328120
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Somebody Talks a Lot
Somebody Talks a Lot (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780916328177
ISBN-10: 0916328171
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Nervous Songs Poems
Nervous Songs Poems (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780934332460
ISBN-10: 0934332460
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Idea
Idea (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780935724233
ISBN-10: 0935724230
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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More We Do Together Adapting the Environment for Children With Disabilities
More We Do Together Adapting the Environment for Children with Disabilities [Monograph] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780939986446
ISBN-10: 0939986442
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Winter
Winter [Mirror] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780971005952
ISBN-10: 0971005958
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Edge and Fold
Edge and Fold (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780974468723
ISBN-10: 097446872X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Focused Shooter
The Focused Shooter (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781599160276
ISBN-10: 1599160277
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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