# Jan Richman

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**Jan Richman** is an American [poet](/source/Poet).

## Life

She graduated from the [NYU](/source/NYU) Graduate Creative Writing Program.[1]

In 2001, Jan Richman and [Beth Lisick](/source/Beth_Lisick) presented a benefit "Poetry & Pizza," by 9x9 Industries. She worked at SF Gate, the online version of the *[San Francisco Chronicle](/source/San_Francisco_Chronicle)*.[2] She read at Edinburgh Castle,[3] and [Writers With Drinks](/source/Writers_With_Drinks). Her poems have appeared in *The Nation*,[4] *Ploughshares*, *Comet*, *Other Magazine*, *The Bloomsbury Review*, *Luna*,[5]

In 2001, she co-edited the literary journal *6,500*.[6][7][8]

Richman taught at the [City College of San Francisco](/source/City_College_of_San_Francisco), and lives in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland,_California).[9]

## Controversy

From 2001 until 2004, she taught at the [Academy of Art University](/source/Academy_of_Art_University), where there was a controversy about a student composition.[10] [Alan Kaufman](/source/Alan_Kaufman_(writer)) took up the cause of the student's expulsion and Richman's firing by organizing protests against the academy's response. Kaufman was later dismissed from his job at the academy because of his role in leading protests about the controversy. In support of Kaufman's protest against the student's expulsion, authors [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King) and [Salman Rushdie](/source/Salman_Rushdie) (at the time, Rushdie was President of the [PEN American Center](/source/PEN_American_Center)) wrote letters of protest concerning the academy's handling of the matter.[11][12][13]

The incident inspired a play *Harmless*, by [Brett Neveu](/source/Brett_Neveu).[14]

## Awards

- 1994 [Walt Whitman Award](/source/Walt_Whitman_Award) chosen by [Robert Pinsky](/source/Robert_Pinsky)
- 1993 "Discovery"/The Nation Award
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- Felix Pollack Poetry Prize
- Celia B. Wagner Award.

## Works

- ["Nothing Can be Done; One or More; An Arm & a Leg; Bleed"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080506101705/http://organicanews.com/news/article.cfm?story_id=198). *Organica News*. Summer 2002. Archived from [the original](http://www.organicanews.com/news/article.cfm?story_id=198) on May 6, 2008.

### Books

- *Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything* (Louisiana State University Press, 1995),
- "Thrill-Bent" (Tupelo Press, 2012)

### Non-fiction

- ["Hell on Wheels"](http://www.bikereader.com/contributors/richman/sanfran.html). *SF Gate*. May 28, 2001.

### Anthologies

- *Thrills, Chills, Pills & Heartache*. Alyson Press. 2004.
- Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (1997). ["You've Changed Dr. Jekyll"](https://archive.org/details/poetscompaniongu00addo). *The Poet's companion*. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. [131](https://archive.org/details/poetscompaniongu00addo/page/131)–132. ISBN 978-0-393-31654-4. Jan Richman.

### *Ploughshares [dead link]*

- ["Origami for Adults"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060926144151/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=3563). *Ploughshares*. Winter 1993–1994. Archived from [the original](http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=3563) on September 26, 2006.
- ["Ajijic"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060820094833/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=3564). *Ploughshares*. Winter 1993–1994. Archived from [the original](http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=3564) on August 20, 2006.
- ["Driving Out of Providence"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060819195827/http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmarticleID=4231). *Ploughshares*. Spring 1997. Archived from [the original](http://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=4231) on August 19, 2006.

## References

1. [CWP.fas.nyu.edu](http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/grad_alumni_publications.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717023837/http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/grad_alumni_publications.html) 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

1. Silke Tudor (January 3, 2001). ["House Of Tudor"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110610125042/http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-01-03/music/house-of-tudor/). *San Francisco Weekly*. Archived from [the original](http://www.sfweekly.com/2001-01-03/music/house-of-tudor/) on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

1. Anne N. Marino (July 14, 2002). ["Edinburgh Castle a literary fortress in the Tenderloin"](https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/essay-edinburgh-castle-a-literary-fortress-in-2796111.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*

1. [Thenation.com](http://www.thenation.com/archive/search.mhtml?query1=Jan%20Richman%20)[dead link]

1. [Blogspot.com](https://lunapoetry.blogspot.com/2006/12/issue-number-seven.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231123061911/https://lunapoetry.blogspot.com/2006/12/issue-number-seven.html) 2023-11-23 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Liminalzone.org"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175743/http://www.liminalzone.org/basement/index.jun03.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.liminalzone.org/basement/index.jun03.html) on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

1. Beth Lisick (February 21, 2003). ["6,500, Kitchen Sink, To-Do List"](https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/6-500-Kitchen-Sink-To-Do-List-lit-mags-2668866.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*

1. [PW.org](http://www.pw.org/content/small_press_soiree_bay_postcard_oakland) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110109015228/http://www.pw.org/content/small_press_soiree_bay_postcard_oakland) 2011-01-09 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["Mobile.salon.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110715233933/http://mobile.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/20/creative_writing/index1.html). Archived from [the original](http://mobile.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/20/creative_writing/index1.html) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

1. James Sullivan (March 25, 2004). ["A work of art or a harbinger of violence?"](http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/A-work-of-art-or-a-harbinger-of-violence-2776089.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121105190808/http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/A-work-of-art-or-a-harbinger-of-violence-2776089.php) November 5, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 13, 2013.

1. Benson, H. (April 8, 2004). ["Class takes to street to protest censorship: Academy of Art's expulsion of pupil angers authors, too."](http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Class-takes-to-street-to-protest-2769670.php). *The San Francisco Chronicle*. Retrieved December 18, 2006.

1. Martin D. Snyder (July–August 2004). ["State of the Profession: Dread Risk in San Francisco"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081120043402/http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/JA/Col/sotp.htm). *Academe*. Archived from [the original](http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/JA/Col/sotp.htm) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

1. Chabon, Michael (April 13, 2004). ["Solitude and the Fortresses of Youth"](https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/opinion/13CHAB.html). *The New York Times*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151001001550/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/opinion/13CHAB.html) October 1, 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

1. Justin Hayford (January 26, 2007). ["The Ethics of Self-Preservation"](http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/theaterreviews/2007/070126/). *The Chicago Reader*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070128101543/http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/theaterreviews/2007/070126/) January 28, 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 16, 2009.

## External links

- ["The Tail Taboo" *Commverge Magazine*](https://web.archive.org/web/20090608082231/http://commvergemag.com/commverge/letters/the-tail-taboo.htm)

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