About Ivan

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Ivan Hobson is an MFA graduate from San Francisco State University. Along with teaching English at Diablo Valley College, he also works as a shipyard machinist on Mare Island. Ivan's poetry has appeared, or is forthcoming, in publications including the North American Review, Oxford Poetry, The Malahat Review, as well as Ted Kooser and The Poetry Foundation’s American Life in Poetry. Ivan’s first book, Cutting Teeth, is due to be released (January 2022) by Meadowlark Press. 

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts (Creative Writing), San Francisco State University   2008-2010

Master of English, San Francisco State University    2006-2008

Bachelor of Arts (Literature), University of California, Santa Cruz  2003-2006

TEACHING  HISTORY:

Diablo Valley College, Adjunct English Professor 

Fall 2018-Present. 

San Francisco State University, Co-teacher
Spring 2010, Creative Writing 601:

Capstone course for college seniors in which their undergraduate writing portfolio is completed. 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS: 

Oxford Poetry 093, University of Oxford, Fall 2021, “In Ease Near Lethe Wharf”

North American Review 306.3, University of Northern Iowa, Fall 2021, “Of Dreams and Rust:”

Hunger Mountain Issue 25, Vermont College of the Fine Arts, Spring 2021, “Weight” 

Redivider 18.2, Emerson College, May 2021, “Boys Catch Girls” 

The Fourth River issue 0.10, Chatham University, Spring 2021, “The Bricklayer” 

The Malahat Review Vol 213, University of Victoria, winter 2020, “Shipyard of Lethe”

Lullwater Review, volume XXIX, Emory University, 2020, “From Your Bedroom Window” 

Southwestern American Literature Vol 46, No. 1, Texas State University, Fall 2020, “Never Green”

The River, University of Maine Farmington, December 2020, “Marek,” “The Importance of Toilet Paper”

Tulane Review, Tulane University, Fall 2020, “Cardboard Shoes,” “Beautiful Dresses and Tops,” “Milling Brass,” “One Secret-One Fear”

California Quarterly Volume 46, Number 4, California State Poetry Society, Winter 2020, “The Vineyard,” “Alameda CA”

Mudfish Vol 19, Box Turtle Press, New York New York, 2016, “On my Seventh Christmas” 

Southern California Review, University of Southern California, spring 2015, “Reaching Each Other” 

The Sandy River Review Vol. 34, Issue II, University of Maine Farmington, winter 2015, “Staying with Her” 

Common Ground Review Vol. 17, Issue II, Western New England University, fall/winter 2015, “The First Hammer” 

South Dakota Review Vol. 52, No.1, University of South Dakota, 2015, “Fourth of July,” “After 99 Years,” “Summer Job,” “New and Old”

Valparaiso Poetry Review Vol. XVI, No. 1, Valparaiso University, 2014-2015, “At the Fair’s Speed Pitch Booth” 

American Life in Poetry Column 481, selected by Ted Kooser, 2014, “Our Neighbor”

The Poetry Foundation, website, 2014, “Our Neighbor”

North American Review Vol. 299, No. 2, University of Northern Iowa, 2014, “Balancing”

The Midwest Quarterly Vol. LV, No. 3, Pittsburg State University, 2014, “For the Salvation Army”

Harpur Palate Vol. 13, No. 2, Binghamton University, 2014, “With Dad”

Fourteen Hills Vol. 20, No. 1, San Francisco State University, 2014, “Labor Day,” “Migrations”

Plainsongs Vol. XXXV, No.1, Hastings College, 2014, “The Pile”

The Fourth River Issue 11, Chatham University, 2014, “Finding Work”

Permafrost Vol. 36, Issue 1, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014, “Full Moon”

California Quarterly Vol. 40 No.1, California State Poetry Society, 2014, “Flint”

Off the Coast Vol. XX No.1, Maine’s International Poetry Journal, 2014, “At the Lathe”

The Dispatcher Vol. 72, No. 7, ILWU Trade Publication, 2014, “Local 10”

Red Rock Review Issue 33, College of Southern Nevada, 2014, “Leaving”

Pennsylvania English Vol. 35, Pennsylvania State University DuBois, 2013, “The Patriot”

Common Ground Review Vol. 15, No. 1, Western New England University, 2013, “At the Kitchen Table”

Plainsongs Vol. XXXIII, No. 3, Hastings College, 2013, “Our Neighbor”

The Sierra Nevada Review Vol. XXIV, Sierra Nevada College, 2013, “The Desperate”

Poetry Now, Sacramento Poetry Center, 2013, “Addie”

Height Ashbury Literary Journal Vol. 30, No. 1, San Francisco, 2013, “Football”

Third Wednesday Vol. 5 No. 4, Ypsilanti, 2013, “6 pm”

The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, Winchester, 2013, “Duet”

Flyway, Spring Issue, Iowa State University, 2012, “Hometown”

The Fourth River Issue 9, Chatham University, 2012, “Cutting His Teeth”

Aries Vol. 27, Texas Wesleyan University, 2012, “New Mexico”

Plainsongs Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, Hastings College, 2012, “Migrating From Texas”

California Quarterly Vol. 38, No.1&2, California State Poetry Society, 2012, “Dad told us the Real Story”

Presa No. 17,” Rockford, 2012, “Our Machine Shop”

Fourteen Hills Vol. 18.2, San Francisco State University, 2012, “A New Suit for Graduation”

Over the Transom No. 22, San Francisco, 2012, “A Waterfront” 

Height Ashbury Literary Journal Vol. 29, No. 1, San Francisco, 2011, “Danny”

South Dakota Review Vol. 48, No. 3, University of South Dakota, 2010, “Legacy” 

SELECT NOTABLES, READINGS & INTERVIEWS:

Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, semi-finalist, 2019 

Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, semi-finalist, 2015

Brittingham Prize in Poetry, finalist, 2015

Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, finalist, 2015 

Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry, weekly feature, column 481 (June 2014)  

The Fourth River, “The Best of the First Ten Print Issues” (2004-2014)

Voice of Witness, McSweeney’s charity event and Radio show (2014)

Fourteen Hill’s, 20th anniversary release party (2013) 

Fourteen Hills, feature Interview, “Ivan Hobson: Machinist and Poet” (2013)