Jon Pineda
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Jon Pineda (born Charleston, South Carolina) is an American poet, memoirist, and novelist.
Life
Jon Pineda was raised in Chesapeake, Virginia.
He graduated from James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University.
His work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, The Literary Review, Sou'wester, Prairie Schooner,{{cite journal |last1=Pineda |first1=Jon |title=Brunelleschi |journal=Prairie Schooner |date=2005 |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=158 |doi=10.1353/psg.2005.0083 |id={{Project MUSE|187068}} }} Many Mountains Moving, Asian Pacific American Journal, Puerto del Sol, and elsewhere.
He is the author of the novel Apology, winner of the 2013 Milkweed National Fiction Prize. His memoir Sleep in Me was a 2010 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. His poetry collections include Little Anodynes, winner of the 2016 Library of Virginia Literary Award for Poetry,{{cite web | url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards/winners.htm | title=Finalists and Winners of the Library of Virginia Annual Literary Awards }} The Translator's Diary, winner of the 2007 Green Rose Prize for Poetry from New Issues Press, and Birthmark, first-place winner in the 2003 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards.
He currently teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte{{cite web |url=http://www.carolynforonda.com/Archive/poets_spotlight_May2008.htm |title=Poet's Spotlight for May 2008: Jon Pineda |website=www.carolynforonda.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203152235/http://www.carolynforonda.com/Archive/poets_spotlight_May2008.htm |archive-date=2008-12-03}} and is Director of the Creative Writing program at the College of William & Mary.
While at JMU, Jon was the lead singer for Johnny’s Heritage.
Awards
- 2016 Library of Virginia Literary Award for Poetry{{cite web | url=http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards/winners.htm | title=Finalists and Winners of the Library of Virginia Annual Literary Awards }}
- 2013 Milkweed National Fiction Prize
- 2010 Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" Selection
- 2007 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press
- 2003 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards
- Fellowship, Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist
Books
- {{cite book| title= Let's No One Get Hurt | publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux| year=2018| isbn=978-0-37418-524-4 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2015/7525.html | title= Little Anodynes | publisher=University of South Carolina Press| year=2015| isbn=978-1-61117-525-7 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/apologynovel0000pine| title=Apology| publisher=Milkweed Editions| year=2013| isbn=978-1571311047| url-access=registration}}
- {{cite book | url=http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Sleep-in-Me,674628.aspx | title=Sleep in Me | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-8032-2535-0 | access-date=2012-10-14 | archive-date=2017-03-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316030554/http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Sleep-in-Me,674628.aspx | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite book | url=https://newissuespress.com/the-translators-diary-by-jon-pineda/ | title=The Translator's Diary | publisher=New Issues Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-930974-75-3 | access-date=2017-03-10 | archive-date=2020-03-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329192817/https://newissuespress.com/the-translators-diary-by-jon-pineda/ | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite book| title=Birthmark | publisher=Southern Illinois University Press| year=2004| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFecyw32qq8C&q=Jon+Pineda| isbn=978-0-8093-2570-2 }}
Individual Works
- [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/57770 "My Sister, Who Died Young, Takes Up the Task", Poetry Foundation]
- [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/57668 "The Muse, or Stars Out on Interstate 81 South", Poetry Foundation]
- [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/57771 "Cinque Terre", Poetry Foundation]
Anthologies
- {{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dBzsGCNYM0C&q=Jon+Pineda&pg=PA119| chapter=Shelter| title=Asian American poetry: the next generation| editor=Victoria M. Chang| publisher=University of Illinois Press| year=2004| isbn=978-0-252-07174-4 }}
- {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Npb1_VJCaAcC&q=Jon+Pineda&pg=PT1| title=Screaming monkeys: critiques of Asian American images |editor1=M. Evelina Galang |editor-link=M. Evelina Galang |editor2=Eileen Tabios | publisher=Coffee House Press| year=2003| isbn=978-1-56689-141-7 }}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.jonpineda.com/index.html "Author's website"]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106035734/http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/jon_pineda/jon_pineda_qa_on_his_favorite_writing_time.shtml "Jon Pineda Q&A on his favorite writing time", Fishouse]
- [http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2008/11/8-jon-pineda_26.html "Jon Pineda", Kate Greenstreet, First Book Interviews]
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