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{{short description|American poet and educator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Short description|American poet and educator (born 1971)}}
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| name = Terrance Hayes
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| caption = Hayes reading at the Lannan Center 2020
| caption = Hayes reading at the Lannan Center 2020
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|18}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|18}}
| birth_place = Columbia, South Carolina
| birth_place = [[Columbia, South Carolina]], U.S.
| occupation = Professor
| occupation = Poet and professor
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist}}
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist}}
* [[Coker College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}
* [[Coker University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}
* [[University of Pittsburgh]] {{small|([[Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A.]])}}
* [[University of Pittsburgh]] {{small|([[Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A.]])}}
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| spouse = Yona Harvey (divorced)
| spouse = [[Yona Harvey]] (divorced)
| awards = {{Plainlist}}
| awards = {{Plainlist}}
* [[National Book Award for Poetry]]
* [[National Book Award for Poetry]]
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| website = {{URL|terrancehayes.com}}
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'''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.<ref name=nba2010/> In September 2014, he was one of 21 recipients of a prestigious [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]], awarded to individuals who show outstanding creativity in their work.<ref name="Post Gazette">{{cite web|last1=Fuoco|first1=Michael A.|title=Pittsburgh poet Terrance Hayes named MacArthur Fellow|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/09/17/Pittsburgh-poet-Terrance-Hayes-receives-MacArthur-Fellowship/stories/201409160163|publisher=Post Gazette|date=September 17, 2014|accessdate=September 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321170322/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/09/17/Pittsburgh-poet-Terrance-Hayes-receives-MacArthur-Fellowship/stories/201409160163|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''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.<ref name=nba2010/> In September 2014, he was one of 21 recipients of a prestigious [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellowship]], awarded to individuals who show outstanding creativity in their work.<ref name="Post Gazette">{{cite web|last1=Fuoco|first1=Michael A.|title=Pittsburgh poet Terrance Hayes named MacArthur Fellow|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/09/17/Pittsburgh-poet-Terrance-Hayes-receives-MacArthur-Fellowship/stories/201409160163|work=Post Gazette|date=September 17, 2014|accessdate=September 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321170322/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2014/09/17/Pittsburgh-poet-Terrance-Hayes-receives-MacArthur-Fellowship/stories/201409160163|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Life and education==
==Life and education==
Hayes was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/terrance-hayes|title=Terrance Hayes|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2019-01-08|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> He received a B.A. from [[Coker College]] 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.<ref name="th-postgazette-2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/books/briefing-books-lauded-poet-terrance-hayes-heads-to-pitt-700630/|title=Briefing Books: Lauded poet Terrance Hayes heads to Pitt|first=Tony|last=Norman|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=August 25, 2013|accessdate=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126015801/http://www.post-gazette.com/books/2013/08/25/Briefing-Books-Lauded-poet-Terrance-Hayes-heads-to-Pitt/stories/201308250176|archive-date=November 26, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, he teaches at [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/terrance-a-hayes.html|title=Terrance Hayes|website=as.nyu.edu|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
Hayes was born in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/terrance-hayes|title=Terrance Hayes|date=2019-01-08|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> 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.<ref name="th-postgazette-2013">{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/books/briefing-books-lauded-poet-terrance-hayes-heads-to-pitt-700630/|title=Briefing Books: Lauded poet Terrance Hayes heads to Pitt|first=Tony|last=Norman|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=August 25, 2013|accessdate=August 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126015801/http://www.post-gazette.com/books/2013/08/25/Briefing-Books-Lauded-poet-Terrance-Hayes-heads-to-Pitt/stories/201308250176|archive-date=November 26, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently, he teaches at [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://as.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/as/faculty/terrance-a-hayes.html|title=Terrance Hayes|website=as.nyu.edu|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>


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.
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.


==Works==
==Career==
Hayes's first book of poetry, ''Muscular Music'' (1999), won both a [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] and the [[Kate Tufts Discovery Award]].<ref name="th-fishouse-2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/terrance_hayes/index.shtml|title=From the Fishouse > Terrance Hayes Bio|publisher=fishousepoems.org|date=January 19, 2008|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216050323/http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/terrance_hayes/index.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="th-poetsorg">{{citation |url=http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/437|title=Academy of American Poets > Terrance Hayes Biography|publisher=poets.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315062505/http://poets.org/poetsorg/poet/terrance-hayes|archive-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the National Book Award for ''Lighthead''<ref name=nba2010/> (in which he invented the "[[golden shovel]]" poetic form).<ref name=Shovel>[https://kenyonreview.org/2016/12/end-line-terrance-hayes-formal-innovation 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</ref>
Hayes's first book of poetry, ''Muscular Music'' (1999), won both a [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] and the [[Kate Tufts Discovery Award]].<ref name="th-fishouse-2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/terrance_hayes/index.shtml|title=From the Fishouse > Terrance Hayes Bio|publisher=fishousepoems.org|date=January 19, 2008|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216050323/http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/terrance_hayes/index.shtml|archive-date=February 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="th-poetsorg">{{citation |url=http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/437|title=Academy of American Poets > Terrance Hayes Biography|publisher=poets.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315062505/http://poets.org/poetsorg/poet/terrance-hayes|archive-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the National Book Award for ''Lighthead''<ref name=nba2010/> (in which he invented the "[[golden shovel]]" poetic form).<ref name=Shovel>[[Dora Malech|Malech, Dora]] (December 22, 2016), [https://kenyonreview.org/2016/12/end-line-terrance-hayes-formal-innovation The End of the Line: Terrance Hayes and Formal Innovation], in ''[[The Kenyon Review]]''. Retrieved February 15, 2020.</ref>


Hayes's poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The American Poetry Review]]'', ''[[Ploughshares]]'', ''[[Fence (magazine)|Fence]]'', ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', ''Jubilat'', ''[[Harvard Review]]'', ''[[West Branch (literary journal)|West Branch]]'', ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]],'' and ''[[The Adroit Journal]]''.''<ref name="th-gf-2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/16465-terrance-hayes|title=John Simom Guggenheim Memorial Foundation >2009 Fellow in Creative Arts - Poetry > Terrance Hayes Bio|publisher=gf.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003164227/http://www.gf.org/fellows/16465-terrance-hayes|archive-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
Hayes's poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The American Poetry Review]]'', ''[[Ploughshares]]'', ''[[Fence (magazine)|Fence]]'', ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', ''Jubilat'', ''[[Harvard Review]]'', ''[[West Branch (literary journal)|West Branch]]'', ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]],'' and ''[[The Adroit Journal]]''.''<ref name="th-gf-2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/16465-terrance-hayes|title=John Simom Guggenheim Memorial Foundation >2009 Fellow in Creative Arts - Poetry > Terrance Hayes Bio|publisher=gf.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003164227/http://www.gf.org/fellows/16465-terrance-hayes|archive-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In January 2017, Hayes was elected a Chancellor of the [[Academy of American Poets]].<ref name="th-poetsorg" />
In January 2017, Hayes was elected a Chancellor of the [[Academy of American Poets]].<ref name="th-poetsorg" />


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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chiasson|first=Dan|title=The Politics and Play of Terrance Hayes|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/the-politics-and-play-of-terrance-hayes|access-date=2021-05-13|website=The New Yorker|language=en-US}}</ref>
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]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Chiasson|first=Dan|title=The Politics and Play of Terrance Hayes|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/the-politics-and-play-of-terrance-hayes|access-date=2021-05-13|magazine=The New Yorker|date=25 June 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2023, Hayes, alongside Nancy Krygowski and [[Jeffrey McDaniel]], was named editor of the [[Pitt Poetry Series]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Three writers, including Terrance Hayes, will serve as Pitt Poetry Series editors |url=https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/three-writers-including |website=University of Pittsburgh Times|date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2023: [[Troy University]]'s Hall-Waters Prize<ref>{{cite web |last1=Treadwell |first1=Jane |title=Poet Terrance Hayes honored at Troy University |url=https://www.troymessenger.com/2023/05/05/poet-terrance-hayes-honored-at-troy-university/ |website=The Messenger |date=5 May 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref>
* 2020 [[Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry]] for ''American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin''
* 2020: [[Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry]] for ''[[American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin]]''
* 2014 [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Foundation Fellow]]
* 2014: [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Foundation Fellow]]
* 2011 [[United States Artists]] Zell Fellow for Literature<ref name="th-usafellows-2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/terrance_hayes|title=United States Artists Official Website – Terrance Hayes|publisher=usafellows.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107073816/http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/terrance_hayes|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2011: [[United States Artists]] Zell Fellow for Literature<ref name="th-usafellows-2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/terrance_hayes|title=United States Artists Official Website – Terrance Hayes|publisher=usafellows.org|accessdate=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107073816/http://www.usafellows.org/fellow/terrance_hayes|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2010 [[National Book Award for Poetry]], for ''Lighthead''<ref name=nba2010/>
* 2010: [[National Book Award for Poetry]], for ''Lighthead''<ref name=nba2010/>
* [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship
* [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship
* 2009 [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref name="th-gf-2009" />
* 2009: [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref name="th-gf-2009" />
* [[Pushcart Prize]], a Best American Poetry 2005 selection
* [[Pushcart Prize]], a Best American Poetry 2005 selection
* [[James Laughlin Award]] runner-up, from the [[Academy of American Poets]]<ref name="th-poetsorg" />
* [[James Laughlin Award]] runner-up, from the [[Academy of American Poets]]<ref name="th-poetsorg" />
* 2001 [[National Poetry Series]], for ''Hip Logic''
* 2001: [[National Poetry Series]], for ''Hip Logic''
* [[Kate Tufts Discovery Award]] for ''Muscular Music'' (1999)<ref name="th-fishouse-2008" />
* [[Kate Tufts Discovery Award]] for ''Muscular Music'' (1999)<ref name="th-fishouse-2008" />
* 1999 [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]]
* 1999: [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]]


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Expand list|date=November 2017}}
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2017}}


=== Poetry ===
=== Poetry ===
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*{{cite book |author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1 |title=Muscular music |publisher=Tia Chucha Press |year=1999 <!--isbn=-->}}
*{{cite book |author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1 |title=Muscular music |publisher=Tia Chucha Press |year=1999 <!--isbn=-->}}
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Hip Logic|url=https://archive.org/details/hiplogic0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2002| isbn=978-0-14-200139-4 }}
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Hip Logic|url=https://archive.org/details/hiplogic0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2002| isbn=978-0-14-200139-4 }}
*{{cite book |author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1 |title=Muscular music |url=https://archive.org/details/muscularmusic0000haye |url-access=registration |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University Press |year=2006 <!--isbn=--> |version=Reprint}}
*{{cite book |author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1 |title=Muscular music |url=https://archive.org/details/muscularmusic0000haye |url-access=registration |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University Press |year=2006 <!--isbn=--> |isbn=9780887484384 |version=Reprint}}
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Wind in a Box|url=https://archive.org/details/windinbox0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2006| isbn=9781440626982 }}
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Wind in a Box|url=https://archive.org/details/windinbox0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2006| isbn=9781440626982 }}
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Lighthead|url=https://archive.org/details/lighthead0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2010| isbn=9781440626982 }}—winner of the National Book Award<ref name=nba2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010.html|title=National Book Awards – 2010|publisher=[[National Book Foundation]]|accessdate=April 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319111213/http://nationalbook.org/nba2010.html|archive-date=March 19, 2015|url-status=live}}(With acceptance speech, reading, interview, and other materials.)</ref>
* {{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=Lighthead|url=https://archive.org/details/lighthead0000haye |url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books| year=2010| isbn=9781440626982 }}—winner of the National Book Award<ref name=nba2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010.html|title=National Book Awards – 2010|publisher=[[National Book Foundation]]|accessdate=April 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319111213/http://nationalbook.org/nba2010.html|archive-date=March 19, 2015|url-status=live}}(With acceptance speech, reading, interview, and other materials.)</ref>
*{{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=How to Be Drawn| publisher=Penguin Books| year=2015| isbn=9780143126881}}
*{{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=How to Be Drawn| publisher=Penguin Books| year=2015| isbn=9780143126881}}
*{{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=[[American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin]]| publisher=Penguin Books| year=2018| isbn=9780143133186 }}
*{{cite book|author=Hayes, Terrance |author-mask=1|title=[[American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin]]| publisher=Penguin Books| year=2018| isbn=9780143133186 }}
* — (2023) ''So to Speak''. Penguin. | ISBN 9780143137726. Ebook | ISBN 9780593511848. Audiobook | ISBN 9780593684009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1190327652/poet-terrance-hayes-holds-a-mirror-to-history-headlines-and-himself-in-so-to-spe |title= Poet Terrance Hayes holds a mirror to history, headlines and himself in 'So To Speak'|interviewer=Mary Louise Kelly|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
* — (2023) ''Watch Your Language''. Penguin. ISBN 9780143137733.
;List of poems
;List of poems
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!|Reprinted/collected
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|Ars poetica with bacon
|"Ars poetica with bacon"
|2016
|2016
|{{cite journal |author=Hayes, Terrance |date=July 11–18, 2016 |title=Ars poetica with bacon |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=21 |pages=78–79 |url= <!--accessdate=-->}}
|{{cite magazine |author=Hayes, Terrance |date=July 11–18, 2016 |title=Ars poetica with bacon |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=21 |pages=78–79 |url= <!--accessdate=-->}}
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|American Sonnet for the New Year
|"American Sonnet for the New Year"
|2019
|2019
|{{cite journal |author=Hayes, Terrance |date=January 14, 2019 |title=American Sonnet for the New Year |journal=The New Yorker |volume=94 |issue=44 |page=45 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/american-sonnet-for-the-new-year <!--accessdate=-->}}
|{{cite magazine |author=Hayes, Terrance |date=January 14, 2019 |title=American Sonnet for the New Year |magazine=The New Yorker |volume=94 |issue=44 |page=45 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/14/american-sonnet-for-the-new-year <!--accessdate=-->}}
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[[Category:American male poets]]
[[Category:American male poets]]
[[Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty]]
[[Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty]]
[[Category:Coker College alumni]]
[[Category:Coker University alumni]]
[[Category:English-language poets]]
[[Category:English-language poets]]
[[Category:MacArthur Fellows]]
[[Category:MacArthur Fellows]]

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Terrance Hayes
Hayes reading at the Lannan Center 2020
Hayes reading at the Lannan Center 2020
Born (1971-11-18) November 18, 1971 (age 52)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
OccupationPoet and professor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Notable awards
SpouseYona Harvey (divorced)
Website
terrancehayes.com

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]

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]

Bibliography

[edit]

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
"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

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  • — (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

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