Nakell, Martin 1945-

PERSONAL:

Born June 23, 1945, in Alpena, MI; son of Jack (a certified public accountant) and Bernice (a homemaker) Nakell; married Rebecca Goodman (a writer), August 27, 2000. Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: California State University, Northridge, B.A.; San Francisco State University, M.A.; State University of New York at Albany, D.Arts. Politics: "Erratic." Religion: "Jewish: erratic."

ADDRESSES:

Home—Los Angeles, CA. Office—Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866; fax: 714-997-6697. Agent—Julie Popkin, Popkin Literary Agency, 15340 Albright St., Ste. 204, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. E-mail—nakell@chapman.edu.

CAREER:

Chapman University, Orange, CA, professor of modern literature and creative writing, 1983—. Jahbone Press, publisher, 1989—. Institute for the Harmony of Science and Poetics, codirector, 2000—; Ischia Arts: Program in Creative Writing, director, 2002—; &NOW Conference, director, 2008; panelist, Americas Awards in Fiction, 1999, and Los Angeles City Arts Commission, 2000. Activist against the Vietnam war, 1965-71; Southern Poverty Law Center, member, 2000—.

MEMBER:

Givat Haviva, Los Angeles Experimental Poets Society (chair, 1998—).

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fellow at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, 1974-75, and Blue Mountain Center, 1985; grant from National Endowment for the Arts, 1988; writer's fellow, Gell Foundation, 1993; Gertrude Stein Award in Poetry, 1996.

WRITINGS:

Ramon (fiction), Jahbone Press (Los Angeles, CA), 1989.

The Myth of Creation (poetry), Parentheses Writing Series (San Diego, CA), 1993.

The Library of Thomas Rivka (fiction), Sun and Moon (College Park, MD), 1998.

Two Fields that Face and Mirror Each Other (fiction), Green Integer (Los Angeles, CA), 2000.

Goings (fiction), Witz Books, 2001.

Form (poetry), Spuyten Duyvil (New York, NY), 2003.

Settlement (fiction), Spuyten Duyvil (New York, NY), 2007.