James Allen Hall (he/they) is the author of two books of poems and a book of lyric essays. Their most recent book is Romantic Comedy, winner of the Levis Prize selected by Diane Seuss and published by Four Way Books. Their previous book of poems is Now You're the Enemy (U of Arkansas Press, 2008). They are also the author of a book of lyric personal essays: I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well They’ve won awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation, the Texas Institute of Letters, the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment of the Arts. They direct the Rose O'Neill Literary House at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. James co-hosts, with poet Aaron Smith, Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry and Culture. Find it online at https://breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Poems
A&U: America’s AIDS Magazine: “Post-Apocalyptic Horror Show Ending in a Cher Song”
Academy of American Poets: "Pittsburgh"
Academy of American Poets: "Out from the Patches of Briers and Blackberries."
Diagram: "James Untitled" and "Self-Portrait as Boy With the Head of Goliath."
Bloom: "Romantic Comedy."
"Portrait of My Mother as the Republic of Texas" (first published in Rhino).
"The Enemy"(first published in Boston Review)
"Portrait of My Lover as Man in Polyester Suit (1980)" (first published in Boston Review)
"Portrait of My Lover Singing in Traffic" (first published in TriQuarterly)
Tinderbox Poetry Journal: "An American Porn Star Contemplates the Divine"
"A Fact Which Occurred in America" (with commentary; from Structure and Style)
CNF
Alaska Quarterly Review: "Be Destroyed"
Cutbank: "Prophecy"
Poetry Society of America: "Demolition" (criticism)
Lambda Literary: "Five Poets Who Changed My Life"
Critical Mass: "In the Ruins of Confession"
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Readings
January 25, 2024, 9:30 PM ET, Zoom
Essential Queer Voices
with Richard Blanco, Jennifer Perrine, Catherine Pond, and Magdalena Zurawski
Register for the reading here!
February 8, 2024. 6:00 CT
Torn Label Brewing Co.
1708 Campbell St., Kansas City, MO
February 13, 2024
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, MD
March 4, 2024 6:30 PM ET
Manor Mill Poetry Series
2029 Monkton Road
Monkton, MD
March 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
with Michael Dumanis and Chet’la Sebree
Bird in Hand Cafe & Bookstore
11 E 33 Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
April 18, 2024 TBD
George Mason University
May 7, 2024 TBD
University of Delaware