Bob Hicok

Bob Hicok (born 1960 Grand Ledge, Michigan) is an American poet.

Life
Hicok is an associate professor of creative writing at Virginia Tech. He is from Michigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business. He formerly taught at Western Michigan University.

His first book, The Legend of Light, was published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Plus Shipping followed in 1998. His 2001 Animal Soul was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has since published two more books, Insomnia Diary (2004) and This Clumsy Living (2007), both with the University of Pittsburgh Press. His newest book, Words for Empty and Words for Full, will be published in 2010 by University of Pittsburgh Press.

Recognition
His poems have appeared in The Southern Review, The New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review and The American Poetry Review, as well as in four volumes of The Best American Poetry and three times in the Pushcart Prize anthology. His first book, The Legend of Light, was chosen as an American Library Association Booklist Notable Book of the Year.

Awards

 * 1995 Felix Pollak Prize for The Legend of Light chosen by Carolyn Kizer
 * 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship
 * two NEA Fellowships
 * 2008 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress for "This Clumsy Living".

Publications

 * Bearing Witness,. Ridgeway Press, 1991.
 * The Legend of Light. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.
 * Plus Shipping, BOA Editions, Ltd., 1998.
 * Animal Soul. Invisible Cities Press, 2003.
 * Insomnia Diary. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.
 * This Clumsy Living. University of Pittsburgh Press.
 * Words For Empty And Words For Full. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.

Anthologies