Lift Bridge Book Shop

This event has been postponed due to inclement weather in the NYC area.  It will be rescheduled later in the semester.Prior to teaching, James Hoch was a
dishwasher, cook, dockworker, social worker and shepherd. His poems
have appeared in Slate, Kenyon Review, Gettysburg, Ninth Letter,
Carolina Quarterly, Virginia Quarterly Review and many others. They
have been nominated many times for the Pushcart Prize. He is the
recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf, Sewanee, and
Summer Literary Seminars, and received a 2007 NEA grant as well as a
grant from the PA Council on the Arts. Miscreants will be published by WW Norton in June, 2007. A Parade of Hands
won the Gerald Cable Award and was published in March 2003 by
Silverfish Review Press. Originally from Collingswood, NJ, he resides
in Mahwah, NJ with his wife and son. He has taught at Franklin and
Marshall College and Lynchburg College. Currently, he teaches at Ramapo
College of NJ.