Jay Hopler (born 1970, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American poet.
He graduated from Purdue University (Ph.D., American Studies), the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry), the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars (M.A., Creative Writing/Poetry) and New York University (B.A., English and American Literature).
His poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, Mid-American Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker.
Hopler is Professor of English (Creative Writing/Poetry) at the University of South Florida.
He lives in Tampa, Florida and is married to poet and Renaissance scholar Kimberly Johnson.