Noelle Kocot
Encyclopedia
Noelle Kocot is an American poet. She is the author of five full-length collections of poetry
, including most recently, The Bigger World (Wave Books
, 2011) and Sunny Wednesday (Wave Books
, 2009). She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default (Wave Books
, 2011). Kocot has received numerous honors for her poetry, including a NEA
fellowship and inclusion in The Best American Poetry
anthology. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in New Jersey.
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, including most recently, The Bigger World (Wave Books
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
, 2011) and Sunny Wednesday (Wave Books
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
, 2009). She has also recently published a limited-edition collection of translations of the poems of Tristan Corbière, as Poet By Default (Wave Books
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
, 2011). Kocot has received numerous honors for her poetry, including a NEA
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
fellowship and inclusion in The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry
The Best American Poetry series consists of annual poetry anthologies, each containing seventy-five poems.The series, begun by poet and editor David Lehman in 1988, has a different guest editor every year...
anthology. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and currently resides in New Jersey.