New York, NY
Born 1950, Lynn, Massachusetts
I am currently working on three projects, a new book of poems, a book about painting, and a book of essays. All three engage me, and none of them is thought to be more perfect a form than any of the others.
1977, M.F.A. in Poetry, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
1972, B.A., Bard College
1997-- Critic-in-Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art
1997-- Publisher, Black Square Editions, New York
2002 Borrowed Love Poems. New York: Penguin.
2002 My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Tattoo. New York: Black Sparrow.
1996 Forbidden Entries. New York: Black Sparrow.
1995 Berlin Diptychon, with photographs by Bill Barrette. New York: Timken Books and Bonn, Germany: Weidle Verlag.
1992 Edificio Sayonara. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow.
2002 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, France
2002 Peter S. Reed Foundation
1998, 1988 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1994 Jerome Shestack Prize, American Poetry Review
