Travis Nichols
{{Short description|American poet and novelist (born 1979)}}
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|name=Travis Nichols
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1979}}
|birth_place=Ames, Iowa, U.S.
|occupation={{flatlist|
- Poet
- novelist
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|alma_mater=University of Georgia
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Travis Nichols (born 1979) is an American poet and novelist. He works for Greenpeace USA.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/bios/travis-nichols/|title=Travis Nichols - Greenpeace USA|website=www.greenpeace.org|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
Life
He was born in Ames, Iowa, in 1979.
He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His first book of poems, Iowa, was published in 2010 by Letter Machine Editions, and his first novel, Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder, was published by Coffee House Press in 2010. His most recent book of poems, See Me Improving, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2010, and his most recent novel, The More You Ignore Me, was published by Coffee House Press in 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://coffeehousepress.org/shop/the-more-you-ignore-me/# |title=The More You Ignore Me | Coffee House Press |access-date=2013-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312083134/http://coffeehousepress.org/shop/the-more-you-ignore-me/# |archive-date=2013-03-12 |url-status=dead }}
In 2012, he worked with the Yes Men, he helped create the [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/shell-arctic-ready-hoax-greenpeace_n_1684222.html Arctic Ready] spoof.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/07/19/greenpeaces-shell-hoax/#32809738155c|title=Was Greenpeace's Shell Hoax Brilliant Or 'Villainous'? One Of The Guys Behind It All Speaks.|first=Kashmir|last=Hill|website=Forbes |publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
He now lives in Georgia.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/travisjnichols|title=Travis Nichols (@travisjnichols) - Twitter|website=twitter.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
Selected works
=Poetry=
- Iowa, Letter Machine Editions, 2010, {{ISBN|9780981522739}}
- See Me Improving, Copper Canyon Press, 2010, {{ISBN|9781556593123}}
=Prose=
- {{cite book|title=Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder|url=https://archive.org/details/offwegointowildb0000nich|url-access=registration|date=1 May 2010|publisher=Coffee House Press|isbn=978-1-56689-270-4}}
- The More You Ignore Me, Coffee House Press, 2013, {{ISBN|9781566893213}}{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/210452731.html|title=REVIEW: "The More You Ignore Me,' by Travis Nichols|website=Star Tribune |publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
References
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Category:University of Georgia alumni
Category:University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
Category:People associated with Greenpeace
Category:American male novelists
Category:Artists from Ames, Iowa
Category:21st-century American poets