Jean-Paul Pecqueur is an American poet, critic, and professor. He is author of The Case Against Happiness (Alice James Books, 2006), winner of a New England/New York Award. Publishers Weekly, in praising The Case Against Happiness, wrote "...a promising poet with a generosity of spirit and the knowledge that 'joy is not impossible,'"Publishers Weekly > Fiction Review: Week of November 20, 2006 and Library Journal wrote, "Sardonic and humorous, cynical and complex, these metaphysical musings celebrate the nameless dread, the logic of the illogical. They address big ideas: life, death, heaven, shoe shopping. They twist and loop, follow to unexpected conclusions...." Pecqueur has had his poems and reviews published in literary journals and magazines including American Letters & Commentary, The Hat, ZYZZYVA, and Rain Taxi.
Pecqueur is from Tacoma, Washington,The Multifarious Array (reading series) > Reader Bio > Jean-Paul Pecqueur and earned his B.A. in interdisciplinary studies and his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Washington. He teaches at the Pratt Institute and York College of the City University of New York, and he lives in New York. His honors include the Academy of American Poets Harold Taylor Prize.Pratt Institute > Humanities Faculty > Jean-Paul Pecqueur Bio (archived version) He is also a member of the Alice James Books Cooperative Board.Alice James Books Cooperative Board > Members
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External links Review: Bookslut > June 2007 > Review by Jason B. Jones of The Case Against Happiness by Jean-Paul Pecqueur Interview: Kicking Wind > Every Other Day > January 21, 2007 > Interview with Jean-Paul Pecqueur Interview: Alice James Books > Jean-Paul Pecqueur Author Page > Interview with Jean-Paul Pecqueur Video: www.youtube.com > Jean-Paul Pecqueur Reading His Poetry Poems: La Fovea > Queens Country Public Library and Not Only in Music by Jean-Paul Pecqueur Poems: Contemporary Poetry > Language Is a Glorious Word and Howell St. Apts. by Jean-Paul Pecqueur