# Nicky Beer

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{{Short description|American poet}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2024}}
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{{Infobox person
| birth_date         = {{Birth year and age|1976}}
| occupation         = Poet
| employer           = [University of Colorado Denver](/source/University_of_Colorado_Denver)
| alma_mater         = {{ublist|[Yale University](/source/Yale_University)|[University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston)|[University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri)}}
| notable_works      = ''[Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes](/source/Real_Phonies_and_Genuine_Fakes)''
| awards             = {{ublist|[Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) (2023)|[Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry](/source/Lambda_Literary_Award_for_Bisexual_Poetry) (2023)}}
}}
'''Nicole C. Beer''' (born 1976) is an American poet. A 2017 [MacDowell Fellow](/source/MacDowell_(artists'_residency_and_workshop)) and 2023 [Guggenheim Fellow](/source/Guggenheim_Fellow), she is Associate Professor of English at [University of Colorado Denver](/source/University_of_Colorado_Denver) (CU Denver) Department of English.<ref name="UC Denver" /> One of her poetry books, ''[Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes](/source/Real_Phonies_and_Genuine_Fakes)'', won the 2023 [Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry](/source/Lambda_Literary_Award_for_Bisexual_Poetry).
==Biography==
Nicole C. Beer<ref name="newspapers 725159593">{{Cite news |date=1993-10-03 |title=Long Island Scholars Merit Semifinalists |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/725159593/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Newsday |pages=277}}</ref> was born in 1976<ref name="poetryfoundation 71589">{{Cite press release |title=2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Winners Announced |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/71589/2008-ruth-lilly-fellowship-winners-announced |language=en |access-date=2024-06-03}}</ref> to William R. Beer, a sociologist who worked as a professor at [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), and Rose ({{nee}} Salisbury).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1991-07-25 |title=William R. Beer, Professor, 48 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/25/obituaries/william-r-beer-professor-48.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=New York Times |pages=B10}}</ref> She was raised in [Northport, New York](/source/Northport%2C_New_York) and went to [Northport High School](/source/Northport_High_School).<ref name="poetryfoundation 71589" /><ref name="newspapers 725159593" />

She later obtained her BA in Sociology (1998) from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), MFA in Creative Writing and Literature (2003) from the [University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston), and her PhD in English (2007) from the [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri).<ref name="CV">{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://clas.ucdenver.edu/english/node/478/attachment |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=University of Colorado Denver}}</ref> After spending a year as a visiting poet at [Murray State University](/source/Murray_State_University) (2008-2009), she moved to the [University of Colorado Denver](/source/University_of_Colorado_Denver) (CU Denver) Department of English as a senior instructor, before being promoted to assistant professor in 2011 and associate professor in 2016.<ref name="CV" />

She was originally inspired to go into poetry after seeing the [William Blake](/source/William_Blake) poem "[The Tyger](/source/The_Tyger)" on PBS, and she had been writing poems by the time she was in fourth grade.<ref>{{Cite interview |last=Beer |first=Nicky |interviewer=Cynthia Pasquale |title=Five questions for Nicky Beer |url=https://connections.cu.edu/spotlights/five-questions-nicky-beer |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=CU Connections |date=2017-09-21 |language=en}}</ref> She became a 2007 [National Endowment for the Arts](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts) Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/nicky-beer |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.arts.gov |language=en}}</ref> In 2009, she joined CU Denver's literary journal ''Copper Nickel'' as their poetry co-editor, and after its founder [Jake Adam York](/source/Jake_Adam_York)'s death in 2012, she became one of his two literary executors in 2013.<ref name="CV" /> Her first two poetry books, ''The Diminishing House'' (2010) and ''The Octopus Game'' (2015), won the [Colorado Book Award](/source/Colorado_Book_Award) for Poetry.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Casey |first=Chris |date=2016-07-05 |title=Poet Beer explores mysteries of octopi, wins second Colo. Book Award |url=https://news.ucdenver.edu/poet-beer-explores-mysteries-octopi-wins-second-colo-book-award/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=CU Denver News |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2023, she won the [Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry](/source/Lambda_Literary_Award_for_Bisexual_Poetry) for her next book ''[Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes](/source/Real_Phonies_and_Genuine_Fakes)'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-20 |title=2 Canadians win Lambda Literary Awards for best LGBTQ+ writing |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/2-canadians-win-lambda-literary-awards-for-best-lgbtq-writing-1.6882524 |work=CBC Books |access-date=2024-06-03 }}</ref> which she had worked on during her 2017 stint at the [MacDowell Colony](/source/MacDowell_Colony).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/nicky-beer |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=MacDowell |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, she was appointed a [Guggenheim Fellow](/source/Guggenheim_Fellow) in Poetry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/nicky-beer/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation}}</ref>

At CU Denver, she teaches classes in creative writing, poetry, and literary studies (particularly in intersection with women's studies and LGBT studies).<ref name="UC Denver">{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://clas.ucdenver.edu/english/nicky-beer |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=English |language=en}}</ref> She also works as a juror in poetry contests, including outside of Colorado and for the [Academy of American Poets](/source/Academy_of_American_Poets) Prize and [The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards](/source/The_Scholastic_Art_%26_Writing_Awards).<ref name="CV" />

Beer is bisexual and queer.<ref name="poetryfoundation">{{Cite web |title=Nicky Beer |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/nicky-beer |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Poetry Foundation |language=en}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Books===
*''The Diminishing House'' (2010)<ref name="UC Denver" />
*''The Octopus Game'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Octopus Game by Nicky Beer |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780887485930 |access-date=2024-06-04}}</ref>
*''[Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes](/source/Real_Phonies_and_Genuine_Fakes)'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-15 |title=Review of Nicky Beer's "Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes" by Ryan James |url=https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/2022/11/15/review-of-nicky-beers-real-phonies-and-genuine-fakes-by-ryan-james/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=Another Chicago Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rhodes |first=Benjamin Anthony |title=Fake Selves and Real Grief: On Nicky Beer's "Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes" |url=https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/nicky-beer-real-phonies-genuine-fakes-review |access-date=2024-06-04 |work=Cleveland Review of Books |language=en-US}}</ref>
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Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American poets
Category:21st-century American women poets
Category:Poets from Colorado
Category:Poets from New York (state)
Category:Lambda Literary Award winners
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:University of Houston alumni
Category:University of Missouri alumni
Category:University of Colorado Denver faculty
Category:People from Northport, New York
Category:American queer women
Category:Queer poets
Category:American bisexual women
Category:American bisexual writers
Category:Bisexual poets
Category:Bisexual academics
Category:American LGBTQ women writers

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