Jason A. Schneiderman
Professor
English
EMAIL: jschneiderman@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: N-765
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 220-8000;ext=7393
Jason Schneiderman holds an MFA from NYU and a PhD from the Graduate Center of CUNY. He has written four books of poems, and edited an anthology of Queer texts for Oxford University Press. The recipient of the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Jerome J. Shestack award from the American Poetry Review, his poems and essays frequently appear in a variety of journals.
Expertise
Poetry
Degrees
- M.F.A. NYU, Poetry, 2001
- Ph.D. The Graduate Center of CUNY, English,2013
Courses Taught
- This course focuses on 20th and 21st century texts within the area of Queer literature and by Queer literary artists. It covers a variety of literary and critical texts in order to introduce students to classics of Queer Literature as well as lesser-known masterpieces. The aim of this class is to expand students??A?A? conceptions about literature, sexuality, and gender and lead them to critically investigate socially-constructed ideas about gender and sexuality. Students will examine and analyze the manner in which the authors and texts subvert and challenge sexual and cultural norms.
Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 201 or ENG 121
Course Syllabus - This course will focus on a specific theme, concept, cultural milieu, or major author to be announced in advance. Topics for the following semester will be made available by the English Department during registration. Each section of the course will cover in-depth a single special topic, such as one of the following: the Harlem Renaissance, Literature and the Environment, Utopian and Dystopian Literature, Literature and Medicine, The Beat Generation, Literature of the Working Class, Satire in the 18th Century, Censorship and Literature, Literature of Immigration, War in Literature, Madness and Inspiration in Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, and Women in Shakespeare. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
Course Syllabus
Research and Projects
Publications
- Striking Surface,Ashland Poetry Press
- Sublimation Point,Four Way Books
- Primary Source,Red Hen Press
- Queer: A Reader for Writers,Oxford University Press
Honors, Awards and Affiliations
- Jerome J. Shestack Award
from the American Poetry Review
Additional Information
Books:
Sublimation Point (Four Way Books, 2004)
Striking Surface (Ashland Poetry Press, 2010)
Primary Source (Red Hen Press, 2016)
Hold Me Tight (Red Hen Press, 2020)
Edited Anthology:
Queer: A Reader for Writers (Oxford UP, 2016)
Awards:
Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America, 2004
The Richard Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press, 2009
The Benjamin Saltman Award from Red Hen Press, 2014
Finalist for the Richard Hoffer Prize, 2015
The Jerome Shestack Prize from American Poetry Review, 2016
