Jay Baron Nicorvo

Nicorvo was born in Perth Amboy, NJ and was raised in Sarasota, FL.^[1] He's married to the writer Thisbe Nissen and they live on an old farm outside Battle Creek, MI.^[2]

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.^[2][3] It is about a group of veterans, traumatized by their wartime experiences, who meet in a crumbling resort in the Catskill Mountains.^[3]

• Deadbeat: Poems. Four Way Books (2012) ISBN 978-1935536239.^[4] Deadbeat debuted on the Poetry Foundation bestseller list.^[5]
• The Standard Grand: A Novel. St. Martin's Press (2017) ISBN 978-1250108944.^[6]The Standard Grand was picked for IndieBound's Indie Next List,^[7] Library Journal's Debut Novels Great First Acts,^[8] Poets & Writers's "New and Noteworthy,"^[9] and was named a best book of the year by The Brooklyn Rail.^[10]

• Nicorvo's website
• The Rumpus interview
• NPR WMUK radio interview