About Noelle Kocot
Noelle Kocot (born 1969), whose legal name is Noelle Kocot-Tomblin, is an American poet. She have authored nine full-length poetry collections, which include Ascent of the Mothers (Wave Books, 2023), God's Green Earth (Wave Books, 2020), Phantom Pains of Madness (Wave Books, 2016), Soul in Space (Wave Books, 2013), The Bigger World (Wave Books, 2011), Sunny Wednesday (Wave Books, 2009), Poem for the End of Time and Other Poems (Wave Books, 2006), The Raving Fortune (Four Way Books, 2004), and 4 (Four Way Books, 2001). The New York Times, in its review of their 2006 work Poem for the End of Time and Other Poems, remarked that these poems are saturated with despair, but cling to a grim, even masochistic hopefulness, and described the title poem as extraordinary. They have also released Poet By Default (Wave Books, 2011), a limited-edition collection featuring translations of Tristan Corbière's poetry. Kocot has been the recipient of various accolades for their poetic contributions, including a NEA fellowship, a Fund for Poetry grant (2001), the S.J. Marks Memorial Award from The American Poetry Review, the Greenwall Prize from the Academy of American Poets (2001), and a Lannan Fellowship (2014). Their poetry has been featured in numerous anthologies, such as The Best American Poetry anthologies for 2001, 2012, and 2013, as well as the 2013 edition of Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology. In a review of their 2007 collection in Jacket Magazine, critic Craig Johnson highlighted their broad brushstrokes and a large intoxicated surrealistic vision.Browse all poems and texts published on Noelle Kocot
