Jonathan Curley

Senior University Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
About Me
Jon Curley is a poet, professor, and critic originally from New England. He has a particular passion for Newark's art and culture. Curley is also avidly interested in building creative community engagement on and off campus.
Education
Ph.D.; New York University; 2003
M.A.; New York University; 1998
B.A.; Brown University; 1995
Office Hours
Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3-4 and By Appointment
Website
http://www.joncurley.com
2026 Fall Courses
LIT 355 - POETRY
HSS 404 - HONORS SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES - HONORS
Teaching Interests
20th Century World Poetry; Poetry Workshop Newark Art and Literature; Art and Politics; Irish and Northern Irish Literature
Past Courses
HSS 403: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM:
HSS 403: LIT SEM: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES-HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS: THE HAUNTED TEXT - HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM:MODERN IRISH DRAMA
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARD NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARK NARRATIVES
Research Interests
Contemporary American poetry and politics; aesthetics, politics, and culture; radical literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
Chapter
Burt J. Kimmelman, Jonathan R. Curley. "“Interview with Michael Heller, [interview by Jon Curley and Burt Kimmelman]” The Poetics and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory, Jon Curley and Burt Kimmelman, co-eds., for. Intr, and annot. Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press / New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015. 153-72.." 2015.