Lloyd Schwartz

author_statement:

Frederick S. Troy Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Boston (MFA Program); Regular correspondent on classical music and the arts, Fresh Air with Terry Gross (NPR); Senior Editor of Classical Music, New York Arts (www.newyorkarts.net); Classical Music Editor, The Boston Phoenix, 1976-2013; Editor. Elizabeth Bishop Prose (FSG); Co-editor, Elizabeth Bishop, Poetry, Prose, and Letters (Library of America); Co-editor, Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art (U of Michigan Press); Editor, Ploughshares, Vol. 5, No. 2

Prizes Won:

Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, 1994; Associates of the Boston Public Library "Literary Light," 1995; NEA Creative Writing Fellowship Grant, 1990; Pushcart Prize, 1987; ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, 1980, 1987, 1990; Runner-up, Gustav Davidson Memorial Award, Poetry Society of America, 1990; Daniel Varoujan Prize, New England Poetry Club, 1984

Private E-mail:

lloyd.schwartz@umb.edu

With whom do you prefer to work?:

Prisoners

Hospital patients

How do you want to identify yourself?:

Caucasian

Jewish

Born in (Country):

United States

Born in (City):

Brooklyn

Raised in (Country):

United States

Raised in (City):

New York

Raised in (State):

New York

Photo of the Author:

harbor_cruise_9-09_lloyd.jpg

First Name:

Lloyd

Last Name:

Schwartz

Are you willing to travel to give readings?:

Yes

Legacy Writer ID:

1327

Are you interested in giving readings?:

Yes

Listed as:

Poet

Yes

Application Accepted:

Application Accepted

Phone:

617-666-3233

E-mail:

lloyd.schwartz@umb.edu [1]

N/A

Somerville, MA 02145-2217

link 0:

Academy of American Poets listing [2]

link 0, location and date:

Poets.org

link 1:

Poetry reading on Fresh Air, NPR [3]

link 1, location and date:

NPR

link 2:

Poetry Reading [4]

link 2, location and date:

Massachusetts Poetry Festival