Position:
Professor (Writing Program) at New School (NYC), Editor at The Best American Poetry
Location:
Greater New York City Area
Work:
New School (NYC)
since 1996
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Professor (Writing Program)
The Best American Poetry
since 1988
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Editor
New York University
Sep 1997 - Jan 2009
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Professor
The Oxford Book of American Poetry
2006 - 2006
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Editor
Bennington College
1994 - 2004
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Professor
Columbia University
Jan 1995 - Jun 1997
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Professor
Columbia College Today
Jan 1982 - Jan 1997
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Contributing Editor
Partisan Review
Jan 1986 - Jan 1995
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Contributing Editor
National Book Critics Circle
Jan 1987 - Jan 1992
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Vice President
Newsweek
Sep 1982 - Jan 1990
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writer and book critic
Cornell University
Jan 1980 - Jan 1981
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Fellow
Hamilton College
Jul 1976 - Jun 1980
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Professor
Education:
Columbia University 1972 - 1978
M. Phil; Ph.D, English
University of Cambridge 1970 - 1972
BA, MA, English
Columbia University in the City of New York 1966 - 1970
BA, English and Comparative Literature
University of Oxford
Skills:
Poetry, Creative Writing, Literature, Editing, Copy Editing, Proofreading, Teaching Writing, Teaching, Fiction, Books, Blogging, Higher Education, Grant Writing, Editorial, Public Speaking, Non-fiction, American Literature, Research, Creative Non-fiction, Copywriting, University Teaching, Poetics, Publishing, Ghostwriting, Storytelling, English Literature, Publications, Novels, Published Author, History, Short Stories, Poet, Writing, Book Reviews, Art, Fiction Writing, Academic Writing, Literary Criticism, Journalism, Manuscript, Newsletters, Freelance Writing, Film, Content Development, Press Releases, Fact-checking, Feature Articles, Grammar, Web Content, Text Editing
Interests:
Poetry, literature. Jazz standards (Rodgers & Hart, Kern, Porter, Arlen, Berlin et al) and classic American popular songs (Sinatra, Ella, Torme, Billie Holiday). Art. Detective novels. History. Movies. Journalism. Stamp collecting.
Honor & Awards:
Deems Taylor Award in 2010 (from ASCAP for "A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs"). Guggenheim Fellowship. Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Lila Wallace Writer's Award. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowships. Rodney Dennis Fellowship, Houghton Library, Harvard University. Laurence Goldstein Poetry Award, "Michigan Quarterly Review." Bernard F. Connors Prize, "The Paris Review." Consuelo Ford Award, Poetry Society of America. .