The Abridged History of Rainfall(Reprint) (McSweeney's Poetry Series) by JayHopler Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2017 by Mcsweeney's Publishing Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-944211-40-0, ISBN: 1-944211-40-3
"Jay Hopler's second collection, a mourning song for his father, is an elegy of uproar, a careening hymn to disaster and its aftermath. In lyric poems by turns droll and desolate, Hopler documents the struggle to live in the face of great loss, a task that sends him ranging through Florida's torrid subtropics, the mountains of the American West, the streets of Rome, and the Umbrian countryside. Vivid, dynamic, unrestrained: The Abridged ..."
The Killing Spirit(1st Edition) An Anthology of Murder for Hire by JayHopler Paperback, 310 Pages, Published 1998 by Overlook Books ISBN-13: 978-0-87951-845-5, ISBN: 0-87951-845-6
"An anthology of contractual murder. A collection of writings about hit men, including stories, screenplays, and poems―and with an appendix listing hit-man films―includes works by such writers as Hemingway, Graham Greene, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Charles Bukowski, Malinda McCollum, and Robert Lowell."
Green Squall(1st Edition) (Yale Series of Younger Poets) by JayHopler, Louise Glück Paperback, 71 Pages, Published 2006 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11454-6, ISBN: 0-300-11454-0
"Announcing the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Yale Younger Poets prize Jay Hopler's Green Squall is the winner of the 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. As Louise Glück observes in her foreword, “Green Squall begins and ends in the garden”; however, Hopler’s gardens are not of the seasonal variety evoked by poets of the English lyric—his gardens flourish at lower, fiercer latitudes and in altogether different mindscapes. ..."
Before the Door of God(Reprint) An Anthology of Devotional Poetry by JayHopler, Kimberly Johnson Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2015 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-21675-2, ISBN: 0-300-21675-0
"A diverse and imaginative selection of works from the long tradition of devotional poetry in English Before the Door of God traces the development of devotional English-language poetry from its origins in ancient hymnody to its current twenty-first-century incarnations. The poems in this volume demonstrate not only that devotional poetry—poetry that speaks to the divine—remains in vigorous practice but also that the tradition reaches b ..."
The History of Rainfall(Abridged) (McSweeney's Poetry Series) by JayHopler Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 2016 by Mcsweeney's Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-944211-26-4, ISBN: 1-944211-26-8
"Jay Hopler's second collection, a mourning song for his father, is an elegy of uproar, a careening hymn to disaster and its aftermath. In lyric poems by turns droll and desolate, Hopler documents the struggle to live in the face of great loss, a task that sends him ranging through Florida's torrid subtropics, the mountains of the American West, the streets of Rome, and the Umbrian countryside. Vivid, dynamic, unrestrained: The Abridged ..."
"A collection of poems by Jay Hopler, winner of the 2005 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition."
Before the Door of God(1st Edition) An Anthology of Devotional Poetry by JayHopler, Kimberly Johnson Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2013 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-17520-2, ISBN: 0-300-17520-5
"A diverse and imaginative selection of works from the long tradition of devotional poetry in English Before the Door of God traces the development of devotional English-language poetry from its origins in ancient hymnody to its current twenty-first-century incarnations. The poems in this volume demonstrate not only that devotional poetry—poetry that speaks to the divine—remains in vigorous practice, but also that the tradition reaches b ..."
"From Stephen King to Ian McEwan, Hopler has gathered the ultimate collection of assassination fiction. Smart, stylish, and deadly, "Nothing Personal" is the ultimate anthology of literary noir."
"A collection of writings about hit men, including stories, screenplays, and poems--and with an appendix listing hit-man films--includes works by such writers as Hemingway, Graham Greene, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Charles Bukowski, Malinda Macollum, and Robert Lowell. 20,000 first printing."
McSweeney's Poetry Ser. The Abridged History of Rainfall by JayHopler 80 Pages, Published 2016 by Mcsweeney's ISBN-13: 978-1-944211-36-3, ISBN: 1-944211-36-5
"ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to the editors of the following magazines
and journals, in which some of the poems in this book first appeared: American
Poetry Review, Bayou, Colorado Review, Connotation Press: An Online Artifact,
... Thank you: T. Corey Brennan, Casey Lance Brown, Christopher Celenza, Katie
Ford, Louise Glück, Stephanie Malia Hom, Kimberly Johnson, Aparna Keshaviah,
Karl Kirchwey, Dominic Luxford, Jesse Nathan, Pina ..."
"America's premiere literary quarterly explores all manner of strategies. Strategies for poetry, stories, love and money and lots and lots of games. Why not play? Literature was made to be fun. Read curiously. Read bravely. Read more."
The Killing Spirit An Anthology of Murder of Hire by JayHopler 310 Pages, Published 1998 by The Overlook Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4683-0553-1, ISBN: 1-4683-0553-0
"But I ran into Kosi, and we began talking.” Ivan appeared with coffee, poured, and
then stood waiting. Leni handed him the bread. “Fresh from the oven, as I
promised,” Leni offered, smiling. Ivan thanked him, and headed back to the
kitchen, only to return a few seconds later with buttered slices for the two of us. “I'
ve already eaten,” Leni explained, pushing his slice on top of mine. “Go ahead.” “
So, you were telling me about Kosi ..."
The Killing Spirit An Anthology of Assassins by JayHopler, Canongate Books Ltd Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1996 by Canongate Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-86241-620-1, ISBN: 0-86241-620-5
"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."