# Gary Dop

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'''Gary Dop''' (born February 2, 1977) is an American poet.

==Biography==
Dop was born in [Fort Campbell, Kentucky](/source/Fort_Campbell%2C_Kentucky), the son of a military father, and moved around a lot. He got a BS degree from [North Central University](/source/North_Central_University) in [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), Minnesota, and a Master's from [University of Nebraska at Kearney](/source/University_of_Nebraska_at_Kearney), and then an MFA from Nebraska.

Dop was writer in residence for eight years at North Central University. He is currently an assistant professor at [Randolph College](/source/Randolph_College) in [Lynchburg, Virginia](/source/Lynchburg%2C_Virginia).

==Literary career==
Dop has been published in journals such as ''[New Letters](/source/New_Letters)'', ''[Prairie Schooner](/source/Prairie_Schooner)'', ''[North American Review](/source/North_American_Review)'', and ''[The New York Quarterly](/source/The_New_York_Quarterly)''. In 2013 Dop was the inaugural winner of the Great Plains Emerging Writer Prize, an award given by [South Dakota State University](/source/South_Dakota_State_University) and the Great Plains Writers' Conference to "authors from the broader Great Plains area who have not yet published a book."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdstate.edu/news/articles/sdsu-english-department-announces-inaugural-recipient-of-the-great-plains-emerging-writer-prize.cfm|title=SDSU English Department announces inaugural recipient of the Great Plains Emerging Writer Prize|date=28 January 2013|publisher=[South Dakota State University](/source/South_Dakota_State_University)|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref>

His first collection of poetry, ''Father, Child, Water'' was published in 2015 by [Red Hen Press](/source/Red_Hen_Press), and received positive reviews including in ''New Letters'',<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.newletters.org/UserFiles/File/81.3-4/stewart%20for%20web.pdf|title=Beyond Coincidence|last=Stewart|first=Robert|journal=[New Letters](/source/New_Letters)|pages=181–82|volume=81|issue=3–4|year=2015|accessdate=5 December 2015|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029175401/http://www.newletters.org/UserFiles/File/81.3-4/stewart%20for%20web.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[The Literary Review](/source/The_Literary_Review)'',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lindner|first=Timothy|year=2015|title=A Review of Father, Child, Water by Gary Dop|journal=[The Literary Review](/source/The_Literary_Review)|url=http://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/a-review-of-father-child-water-by-gary-dop/}}</ref> and ''Sugar House Review''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sugarhousereviews.blogspot.com/2015/07/father-child-water-by-gary-dop-red-hen.html|title=''Father, Child, Water'' by Gary Dop|last=Cook|first=Josh|date=20 July 2015|work=Sugar House Review|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref> The first 1000 volumes sold out in two months, and a reprint of 2000 more copies was announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://redhen.org/news-and-reviews/news-2/?uuid=C94DBFAA-DD3D-CF32-65E9-AE904E708E72|title=Dop Dominates|date=8 June 2015|publisher=[Red Hen Press](/source/Red_Hen_Press)|accessdate=5 December 2015|archive-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909091030/http://redhen.org/news-and-reviews/news-2/?uuid=C94DBFAA-DD3D-CF32-65E9-AE904E708E72|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://www.garydop.com/}}

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Category:Living people
Category:1972 births
Category:21st-century American poets
Category:People from Christian County, Kentucky
Category:North Central University alumni
Category:University of Nebraska at Kearney alumni
Category:Randolph College faculty
Category:American male poets
Category:21st-century American male writers

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