Biography

Jared Harél has been awarded the ‘Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize’ from American Poetry Review, as well as the ‘William Matthews Poetry Prize’ from Asheville Poetry Review. Additionally, his poems have appeared in such journals as the Bennington Review, Massachusetts Review, The Southern Review, and Tin House. Harél teaches writing at Nassau Community College, plays drums, and lives in Queens, NY with his wife and two kids.

Books

Press

Reviews

• "3-Minute Book Review: Sarah Green on Jared Harel." Pleiades. 1 October 2018.

• "A Review of Go Because I Love You by Jared Harél." Spencer Dew. deComp Magazine. 4 October 2018

• "GO BECAUSE I LOVE YOU: FATHERHOOD IN POETRY," Christina M. Rau. Book Riot. 13 June 2018.

• "Go Because I Love You by Jared Harél." DM O'Connor Rhino. 5 October 2018.

Interviews

• "Verve {in} Verse: In Conversation with Jared Harél." Rosebud Ben-Oni. Kenyon Review Blog. 26 June 2019.

Awards & Honors

• 2018 Julie Suk Award. Long List Finalist.

• 2019 Eric Hoffer Awards: Montaigne Medal. Finalist.

• 2019 Eric Hoffer Awards: Book Category. Finalist. 

Further Reading

Select Poems

• "Playing Airplane with my Niece," Poetry Daily, 23 June 2018.

• "Local News," Verse Daily, 9 July 2018

• "Veterans Day, 2014," [2015 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize Winner], American Poetry Review, Vol. 44, no. 05.