It is my pleasure to announce that the IBPC judge for the summer months of July, August, and September 2012 is poet, philosopher, columnist and Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico, Troy Jollimore. His philosophy book On Loyalty (Thinking in Action) will come out while he is judging, in August of this year. As a poet, his book Tom Thomson in Purgatory, won the National Book Critics Circle award. Below you will see where his columns and poetry have appeared online. "Outstanding" is a good word to use for him, so let's begin our webography links with a couple of online bios:
California State University--Chico: Outstanding Professor--Troy JollimoreWikipedia: Troy JollimoreLet's use the
Powell's link to his books. After all he has
blogged for Powell's.
His philosophy titles are: the upcoming On Loyalty (Thinking in Action) (Routledge, 2012); Friendship and Agent Relative Morality (Studies in Ethics) (Garland Publishing, 2001); and Love's Vision (Princeton University Press, 2011). Google Books has a preview of the latter here:
Love's Vision.
His poetry titles are: the aforementioned Tom Thomson in Purgatory (MARGIE/Intuit House, 2006); The Solipsist (Bear Star Press, 2008); and At Lake Scugog (also Princeton University Press, 2011). Google Books has a preview of two of them:
Tom Thomson in Purgatory;
At Lake Scugog.
You can listen to Troy online here:
KUSP's Poetry Show: Award-winning poet Troy Jollimore joins host Dennis Morton . . .KZSU Stanford: A conversation with Troy Jollimore on his awarding winning book Tom Thomson in Purgatory, where you'll also find another good bio
Here are some of his online poems, in alphabetical order by title:
The New Yorker: At Lake ScugogWalrus: Charlie BrownGood Times: LobstersGood Times: On Location99 Poems for the 99 Percent: The ProductWalrus: RegretGranta: Remembered SummerZYZZYVA: Second WindThe Washington Post: The SolipsistCarol Peters: TobekobekonKonundrum Engine Literary Review: Tom Thomson in DoubtKonundrum Engine Literary Review: Tom Thomson in Flanders Fieldsv a l l e j o n o c t u r n o: Tom Thomson in LimboGood Times: Tom Thomson IndoorsKonundrum Engine Literary Review: Tom Thomson in his office, Thursday afternoonKonundrum Engine Literary Review: Tom Thomson in StereoGood Times: WantHere are a couple of interviews with him:
ZYZZYVA: On the Subject of Truth (with a Captital T): Q&A with Troy JollimoreCritical Mass: Who the Hell is Troy JollimoreWhat's most numerous online are his essays, whether they be on philosophy, criticism, poetry, and/or whether they be reviews. Here are some:
PEA Soup: Admirable Immorality and Nonmoral ValuesBarnes & Noble Review: As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980Poetry Foundation: Beach Reading: The pleasures of Robert Hass's criticismSan Francisco Chronicle: Better living without God?San Francisco Chronicle: 'The Cat's Table,' by Michael OndaatjeSan Francisco Chronicle: Desire for religion grows out of human experienceChicago Tribune: "Double Shadow: Poems" by Carl PhillipsChicago Tribune: "Every Risen Thing: Poems" by Christian WimanThe Boston Globe: ‘Games Primates Play’ by Dario Maestripieri and ‘Darwin’s Devices’ by John LongPEA Soup: Harry Frankfurt, Value ObjectivistBarnes & Noble Review: The Hemlock CupBarnes & Noble Review: The Honor CodeThe Washington Post: "Human Chain," a new collection of poetry by Seamus HeaneyPEA Soup: The Importance of What’s AppropriateCritical Mass: In Retrospect: Troy Jollimore on Don DeLillo’s "Libra"Boston Review: Know-HowPEA Soup: Letters of RecommendationBarnes & Noble Review: Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and AccountsBarnes & Noble Review: Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a RevolutionBarnes & Noble Review: Loyalty: The Vexing VirtueBarnes & Noble Review: The Moral LandscapeRattle: Ommateum (with Doxology)Barnes & Noble Review: The Origins of Political OrderBarnes & Noble Review: The Patagonian HareThe Washington Post: Robert Pinsky’s ‘Selected Poems’ reviewed by Troy JollimorePEA Soup: Second Order Desert and Moral LuckBarnes & Noble Review: The Steal: A Cultural History of ShopliftingWalrus: Star-CrossedPEA Soup: Terrorism and InnocenceBarnes & Noble Review: The Swerve: How the World Became ModernThe Wilson Quarterly: Transatlantic PoetTruthdig: Troy Jollimore on God’s EvolutionTruthdig: Troy Jollimore on Karen Armstrong’s ‘The Case for God’Truthdig: Troy Jollimore on Markets and MoralityTruthdig: Troy Jollimore on Martin Amis’ ‘The Second Plane’Truthdig: Troy Jollimore on the God DebateTruthdig: Troy Jollimore on Why Democracy Needs the HumanitiesHere are a couple of essays on Troy Jollimore:
The Seattle Times: An emerging poet, a prime collectionWiley Online Library: Love's Vision--By Troy JollimoreAnd here he is on video:
Troy Jollimore reads Spam CentoTroy Jollimore « Dean Young BenefitTroy Jollimore reads The Solipsist at the Sacramento Poetry Center March 23, 2009Troy Jollimore reads at Bookshop West Portal Poetry Series Pt 1~~~~