Jay Baron Nicorvo (born August 21, 1976) is an American novelist, poet, and essayist.
Life
Nicorvo was born in Perth Amboy, NJ and was raised in Sarasota, FL. He's married to the writer Thisbe Nissen and they live on an old farm outside Battle Creek, MI.
Career
Nicorvo's writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, The Baffler, Ploughshares, and Salon (website). His poetry has been featured on PBS NewsHour.
Nicorvo's first novel, The Standard Grand, was published in 2017 by St. Martin’s Press. It is about a group of veterans, traumatized by their wartime experiences, who meet in a crumbling resort in the Catskill Mountains.
Books
Deadbeat: Poems. Four Way Books (2012) . Deadbeat debuted on the Poetry Foundation bestseller list. The Standard Grand: A Novel. St. Martin's Press (2017) .The Standard Grand was picked for IndieBound's Indie Next List, Library Journal's Debut Novels Great First Acts, Poets & Writers's "New and Noteworthy," and was named a best book of the year by The Brooklyn Rail.