Jake Adam York

Jake Adam York is an American poet, born in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1972 and raised in and around Gadsden, Alabama. York was educated at Auburn University and Cornell University. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver, where he is also the Director of Creative Writing. He has served as an editor for storySouth, Shenandoah, and Copper Nickel. His work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including "The New Orleans Review", "The Oxford American", "Poetry Daily", "Quarterly West", and "The Southern Review".

elected publications

* [http://www.jakeadamyork.com/murder/"Murder Ballads"] (Elixir Press, 2005)
* [http://www.jakeadamyork.com/murmur/"A Murmuration of Starlings"] (Souther Illinois University Press, 2008)

External links

Poems
* [http://www.southernspaces.org/contents/2008/york/1a.htm Four poems on video at Southern Spaces]
* [http://www.diodepoetry.com/v1n1/content/york_ja.html Four poems at "Diode"]
* [http://realpoetik.blogspot.com/2007/06/jake-adam-york.html Selections from "A Map of the County" at "RealPoetik"]
* [http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v3n2/poetry/york_ja/index.htm Four poems at "Blackbird"]
* [http://pages.slc.edu/~eraymond/ccorner/exchange/york.html Three Poems at Cambell Corner]
* [http://thediagram.com/3_2/york.html 'Elegy for James Knox' at DIAGRAM]
* [http://thediagram.com/2_3/york.html 'Signal at DIAGRAM]
* [http://www.greensbororeview.org/spring-2002/interferometry.html 'Interferometry' at "Greensboro Review"]
* [http://www.h-ngm-n.com/h_ngm_n-5/Jake-Adam-York.html Seven poems at "H_NGM_N"]
* [http://www.octopusmagazine.com/issue01/Templates/jake_adam_york.html 'Legba Says' in "Octopus"]
* [http://www.terrain.org/poetry/17/york.htm Three Poems at Terrain.org]
* [http://www.typomag.com/issue01/york.html Three Poems in Typo]
* [http://poetry365.com/2007/1.html 'Radiotherapy' at Poetry 365]
* [http://www.shampoopoetry.com/ShampooThirteen/york.html Two Poems at Shampoo Poetry]

Reviews & Essays
* [http://www.terrain.org/articles/19/york.htm 'Recovery: Learning the Music of History' at Terrain.org]
* [http://www.storysouth.com/winter2003/bbqframe.html 'The Marrow of the Bone of Contention' at storySouth, an Arts and Letters Daily 2003 article of note.]

Interviews
* [http://www.review.gsu.edu/york_interview.html with "New South"]
* [http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v4n1/features/york_ja_100105/index.htm with "Blackbird"]
* [http://www.kickingwind.com/042107.html with Kate Greenstreet]
* [http://dislocatemagazine.blogspot.com/2006/11/interview-project-4-jake-adam-york.html with "Dislocate"]

Author's Website
* [http://www.jakeadamyork.com www.jakeadamyork.com]