Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes (born November 18, 1971) is an American poet and educator who has published seven poetry collections. His 2010 collection, Lighthead, won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2010.[1] In September 2014, he was one of 21 recipients of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, awarded to individuals who show outstanding creativity in their work.[2]
Terrance Hayes | |
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Hayes reading at the Lannan Center 2020 | |
| Born | November 18, 1971 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | |
| Spouse | Yona Harvey (divorced) |
| Website | |
| terrancehayes | |
Life and education edit
Hayes was born in Columbia, South Carolina.[3] He received a B.A. from Coker University and an M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh writing program. He was a Professor of Creative Writing at Carnegie Mellon University until 2013, at which time he joined the faculty at the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh.[4] Currently, he teaches at New York University.[5]
Hayes lives in Manhattan, and he and his ex-wife, the poet Yona Harvey, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, share the custody of their two children.
Career edit
Hayes's first book of poetry, Muscular Music (1999), won both a Whiting Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.[6] His second collection, Hip Logic (2002), won the National Poetry Series, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and runner-up for the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets.[7] He won the National Book Award for Lighthead[1] (in which he invented the "golden shovel" poetic form).[8]
Hayes's poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Fence, The Kenyon Review, Jubilat, Harvard Review, West Branch, Poetry, and The Adroit Journal.[9]
In praising Hayes's work, Cornelius Eady has said: "First you'll marvel at his skill, his near-perfect pitch, his disarming humor, his brilliant turns of phrase. Then you'll notice the grace, the tenderness, the unblinking truth-telling just beneath his lines, the open and generous way he takes in our world."[7]
In September 2014, he was honored as one of the 21 2014 fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.[10]
In January 2017, Hayes was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[7]
In 2018, Hayes premiered Cycles of My Being commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Carnegie Hall with music by Tyshawn Sorey starring Lawrence Brownlee. This song cycles center on what it means to be a Black man living in America today. In 2020, the song cycle was made into a film by Opera Philadelphia and released on their digital channel. The poetry was from Hayes' book American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin.[11]
In 2023, Hayes, alongside Nancy Krygowski and Jeffrey McDaniel, was named editor of the Pitt Poetry Series.[12]
Awards edit
- 2023: Troy University's Hall-Waters Prize[13]
- 2020: Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry for American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
- 2014: MacArthur Foundation Fellow
- 2011: United States Artists Zell Fellow for Literature[14]
- 2010: National Book Award for Poetry, for Lighthead[1]
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- 2009: Guggenheim Fellowship[9]
- Pushcart Prize, a Best American Poetry 2005 selection
- James Laughlin Award runner-up, from the Academy of American Poets[7]
- 2001: National Poetry Series, for Hip Logic
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Muscular Music (1999)[6]
- 1999: Whiting Award
Bibliography edit
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Poetry edit
- Collections
- — (1999). Muscular music. Tia Chucha Press.
- — (2002). Hip Logic. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-200139-4.
- — (2006). Muscular music. Reprint. Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 9780887484384.
- — (2006). Wind in a Box. Penguin Books. ISBN 9781440626982.
- — (2010). Lighthead. Penguin Books. ISBN 9781440626982.—winner of the National Book Award[1]
- — (2015). How to Be Drawn. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143126881.
- — (2018). American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780143133186.
- — (2023) So to Speak. Penguin. | ISBN 9780143137726. Ebook | ISBN 9780593511848. Audiobook | ISBN 9780593684009[15]
- — (2023) Watch Your Language. Penguin. ISBN 9780143137733.
- List of poems
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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| Ars poetica with bacon | 2016 | Hayes, Terrance (July 11–18, 2016). "Ars poetica with bacon". The New Yorker. Vol. 92, no. 21. pp. 78–79. | |
| American Sonnet for the New Year | 2019 | Hayes, Terrance (January 14, 2019). "American Sonnet for the New Year". The New Yorker. Vol. 94, no. 44. p. 45. |
Nonfiction edit
- — (2018). To Float in the Space Between: A Life and Work in Conversation with the Life and Work of Etheridge Knight. Wave Books. ISBN 978-1-940696-61-4.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "National Book Awards – 2010". National Book Foundation. from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2012.(With acceptance speech, reading, interview, and other materials.)
- ^ Fuoco, Michael A. (September 17, 2014). "Pittsburgh poet Terrance Hayes named MacArthur Fellow". Post Gazette. from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ "Terrance Hayes". Poetry Foundation. 2019-01-08. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
- ^ Norman, Tony (August 25, 2013). "Briefing Books: Lauded poet Terrance Hayes heads to Pitt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ "Terrance Hayes". as.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ a b . fishousepoems.org. January 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Academy of American Poets > Terrance Hayes Biography, poets.org, from the original on March 15, 2015, retrieved March 21, 2015
- ^ The End of the Line: Terrance Hayes and Formal Innovation, by Dora Malech, in The Kenyon Review; published December 22, 2016; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ^ a b "John Simom Guggenheim Memorial Foundation >2009 Fellow in Creative Arts - Poetry > Terrance Hayes Bio". gf.org. from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ Felicia, Lee R. (September 17, 2014). "MacArthur Awards Go to 21 Diverse Fellows". NY Times. from the original on November 21, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Chiasson, Dan (25 June 2018). "The Politics and Play of Terrance Hayes". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Three writers, including Terrance Hayes, will serve as Pitt Poetry Series editors". University of Pittsburgh Times. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ Treadwell, Jane (5 May 2023). "Poet Terrance Hayes honored at Troy University". The Messenger. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ . usafellows.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- ^ https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190327652/poet-terrance-hayes-holds-a-mirror-to-history-headlines-and-himself-in-so-to-spe
External links edit
- Official website
- Essays, poems, video of Terrance Hayes at Poets.org
- Profile and poems of Terrance Hayes, including audio files, at the Poetry Foundation.
- Video: Online NewsHour: Report > Pittsburgh Poet Terrance Hayes > April 24, 2008
- Interview: The Missouri Review > Issue 29.4, Winter 2006 > A Conversation with Terrance Hayes by Jason Koo
- at the Wayback Machine (archived December 9, 2008)
- at the Wayback Machine (archived April 11, 2012)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog > Terrance Hayes
- pabook.libraries > Terrance Hayes
- Profile at The Whiting Foundation