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Erin Hoover

Dr. Erin Hoover

Name:

Erin  Hoover

Title:

Assistant Professor

Department:

English

Email Address:

ehoover@tntech.edu

Phone:

(931) 372-3347

Office:

Matthews Daniel 152

About

Erin Hoover holds a Ph.D. from Florida State University and an M.F.A. from University of Oregon.  She is the author of Barnburner, winner of Elixir Press’s Antivenom Poetry Award and a Florida Book Award in Poetry. Her next collection, No Spare People, will be published in 2023 by Black Lawrence Press. Her poems have been anthologized in The Best American Poetry and Best New Poets, and featured by Ours Poetica.  

Dr. Hoover's research interests include poetry writing, gender and 20th/21st century poetics, literary and professional editing, and issues of equity in publishing. In addition to teaching, she has worked as an editor, journalist, fundraiser, and public relations director.