# Angelo Nikolopoulos

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{{short description|American poet (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox writer
 | name = Angelo Nikolopoulos

 | birth_date   = {{birth date and age |1981|9|24}}
 | birth_place  = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S.
 | occupation   = Writer
 | period       = 2000s–present
}}

'''Angelo Nikolopoulos''' (born September 24, 1981) is an American poet.

Nikolopoulos's first book of poems, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130819015703/http://alicejamesbooks.org/ajb-titles/obscenely-yours/ ''Obscenely Yours''], was published by [Alice James Books](/source/Alice_James_Books) in April 2013 <ref>(2013-25-02). [http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-882295-99-9 "Obscenely Yours"]. Publishers Weekly.</ref> and was a finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/ |title=Lambda Literary |access-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104618/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His second book of poetry, ''Pleasure'', is forthcoming from [Four Way Books](/source/Four_Way_Books).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/graduate/Faculty1.html |title=Faculty |website=as.nyu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611092321/http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/graduate/Faculty1.html |archive-date=2017-06-11}} </ref>

His poems have appeared in [The Best American Poetry](/source/The_Best_American_Poetry) (2012),<ref>Holland, Walter (2012-25-12). [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/12/25/the-best-american-poetry-2012-edited-by-mark-doty-series-editor-david-lehman/ ''The Best American Poetry'' 2012]. Lambda Literary.</ref> ''[Best New Poets](/source/Best_New_Poets)'' (2011),<ref>[http://bestnewpoets.blogspot.com/2011/08/best-new-poets-2011-final-fifty.html Best New Poets Final Fifty]. Best New Poets.</ref> ''[Boston Review](/source/Boston_Review)'',<ref>Nikolopoulos, Angelo (2011-01-05). [http://bostonreview.net/poetry/angelo-nikolopoulos-self-suck "Self Suck"]. Boston Review.</ref> ''[Fence](/source/Fence_(magazine))'', ''[Los Angeles Review of Books](/source/Los_Angeles_Review_of_Books)'', ''[New York Quarterly](/source/New_York_Quarterly)'', [Poetry Society of America](/source/Poetry_Society_of_America), ''[Tin House](/source/Tin_House)'', ''[TriQuarterly](/source/TriQuarterly)'', and elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelonikolopoulos.com/bio-1|title = Bio}}</ref>

==Biography==
Nikolopoulos received a BA from the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) and an MA in Creative Writing and Literature from [New York University](/source/New_York_University), where he studied with the poet [Sharon Olds](/source/Sharon_Olds).<ref>[http://alicejamesbooks.org/authors/nikolopoulos-angelo/ Authors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819012333/http://alicejamesbooks.org/authors/nikolopoulos-angelo/ |date=August 19, 2013 }}. Alice James Books.</ref> He credits his decision to become a poet to finding a tattered copy of [Olds's](/source/Sharon_Olds) first book of poetry, ''Satan Says'', in a taxi in San Francisco as a teenager.<ref>[http://issuu.com/alicejamesbooks/docs/spring_2013_newsletter Alice James Books Spring 2013 Newsletter]. Alice James Books.</ref>

He is the founder and host of The White Swallow Reading Series at the iconic [Cornelia Street Cafe](/source/Cornelia_Street_Cafe) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan)'s [Greenwich Village](/source/Greenwich_Village). Since 2013, the series has featured writers [Christopher Bram](/source/Christopher_Bram), [Michael Cunningham](/source/Michael_Cunningham), [Michael Dickman](/source/Michael_Dickman), [Alex Dimitrov](/source/Alex_Dimitrov), [Mark Doty](/source/Mark_Doty), [Marie Howe](/source/Marie_Howe), [A.M. Homes](/source/A.M._Homes), [Wayne Koestenbaum](/source/Wayne_Koestenbaum), [Timothy Liu](/source/Timothy_Liu), [Dorothea Lasky](/source/Dorothea_Lasky), [Paul Legault](/source/Paul_Legault), [Susanna Moore](/source/Susanna_Moore), [Eileen Myles](/source/Eileen_Myles), [Brenda Shaughnessy](/source/Brenda_Shaughnessy), [Gerald Stern](/source/Gerald_Stern), [Justin Torres](/source/Justin_Torres), [Jean Valentine](/source/Jean_Valentine), [Susan Wheeler](/source/Susan_Wheeler), and [Edmund White](/source/Edmund_White).<ref>[http://corneliastreetcafe.com/performances.asp Performances]. Cornelia Street Cafe.</ref>

He teaches at [New York University](/source/New_York_University)<ref>[http://cwp.as.nyu.edu/object/angelonikolopoulos.html]. New York University.</ref> and [Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University),<ref>[http://wh.rutgers.edu/about/people Writers House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101023103/http://wh.rutgers.edu/about/people |date=2012-11-01 }}. Rutgers University.</ref> is the Program Administrator for the Creative Writing Program at [New York University](/source/New_York_University),<ref>[http://cwp.as.nyu.edu/page/home]. NYU.edu.</ref> and lives in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelonikolopoulos.com/bio-1|title = Bio}}</ref>

==Works==
===Books===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130819015703/http://alicejamesbooks.org/ajb-titles/obscenely-yours/ ''Obscenely Yours'']. Alice James Books. April 2013.
*[https://www.angelonikolopoulos.com/ ''Pleasure'']. Four Way Books. Spring 2022.

===Selected poems===
* [http://www.theawl.com/2010/10/the-poetry-section-angelo-nikolopoulos "Going Garbo" and "Hot Interracial, Hard Fuck, Big Black Cook"]. ''The Awl''. October 2010.
* [http://bostonreview.net/poetry/angelo-nikolopoulos-self-suck "Self Suck"]. ''Boston Review''. May 2011.
* [http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/020/nikolopoulos_angelo_001.html "Whispering Pines, Texas"]. ''Boxcar Poetry Review''. May 2009.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403005704/http://www.dzancbooks.org/the-collagist/2011/12/13/dress.html "Dress"]. ''The Collagist''. January 2012.
* [http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/54/nikolopoulos.php "After the Burial"]. ''Cortland Review''. February 2012.
* [http://thejournalmag.org/archives/1082 "My Desire Has Made Me Radiantly Unspecial"] ''The Journal''. February 2012.
* [http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/poetry-spotlight/12/09/angelo-nikolopoulos-daffodil/ "Daffodil"]. ''Lambda Literary''. December 2010.
* [http://pbq.drexel.edu/angelo-nikolopoulos-female-trouble/ "Female Trouble"]. ''Painted Bride Quarterly''. April 2013.
* [http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/Angelo_Nikolopoulos/ "Rear Stable: Auditions"]. ''Poetry Society of America''. August 2013.
* [https://archive.today/20130717082303/http://triquarterly.northwestern.edu/poetry/boys-destroyed-auditions "Boys Destroyed: Auditions"]. ''TriQuarterly''. July 2013.

===Poems in anthologies===
* [http://www.bestamericanpoetry.com/archive/?id=26 "Daffodil"]. ''Best American Poetry 2012''. August 2012.
* [http://bestnewpoets.org/ "Daffodil"]. ''Best New Poets 2011''. January 2012.
* [http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2012/04/20/diva-worship-author-michael-montlack-f%C3%AAtes-his-book-divining "Going Garbo"]. ''Divining Divas''. February 2012.
* [http://collectivebrightness.com/poets.html "A Divine Spirit That Indwells in Nature and the Universe"]. ''Collective Brightness''. May 2011.

==Awards and honors==
* [http://www.jeromefdn.org/apply/travel-study/ Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant], 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jeromefdn.org/node/667507 |title=Angelo Nikolopoulos - Angelo Nikolopoulos Travel and Study Grant &#124; the Jerome Foundation |access-date=November 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306030144/http://www.jeromefdn.org/node/667507 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [Lambda Literary Foundation](/source/Lambda_Literary_Foundation) Award Finalist for Poetry, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/ |title=Lambda Literary |access-date=October 27, 2014 |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104618/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/26th-annual-lambda-literary-award-finalists-and-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [MacDowell Colony](/source/MacDowell_Colony) Fellowship, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php |title=The MacDowell Colony |access-date=2014-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526052307/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php |archive-date=2009-05-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140722191502/http://alicejamesbooks.org/past-winners/ Kinereth Gensler Award]; [Alice James Books](/source/Alice_James_Books), 2011.
* “Discovery”/[Boston Review](/source/Boston_Review) Prize for Poetry, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/05/12/d-a-powell-salutes-angelo-nikolopoulos/|title=D.A. Powell salutes Angelo Nikolopoulos|date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>
* [http://www.saltonstall.org/ Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts] Fellowship, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saltonstall.org/members/angelo-nikolopoulos.html |title=Angelo Nikolopoulos › Residency 2010 › Poetry › Saltonstall |website=www.saltonstall.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027212754/http://www.saltonstall.org/members/angelo-nikolopoulos.html |archive-date=2014-10-27}} </ref>

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