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Lloyd Schwartz [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Somerville, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
lloyd.schwartz@umb.edu
Bio: 

Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Boston (MFA Program); Poet Laureate of Somerville, Massachusetts (2019-2024); Regular correspondent on classical music, dance, and the vuisualĀ arts, Fresh Air with Terry Gross (NPR); Contributing Arts Critic, the ARTery, WBUR; Senior Editor of Classical Music, New York Arts (www.newyorkarts.net [2]); Classical Music Editor, The Boston Phoenix (1976-2013); Editor. Elizabeth Bishop Prose (FSG, 2011); Co-editor, Elizabeth Bishop, Poems, Prose, and Letters (Library of America, 2008); Co-editor, Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art (U of Michigan Press, 1983); Editor, Ploughshares, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1979)

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Favorite authors: 
Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, John Keats, Frank O'Hara, Gwendolyn Brooks
Twitter/X: 
@LloydSchwartz
Born in: 
Brooklyn, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
New York
Prizes won: 

Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellow, 2021; Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, 2019; 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

What I'm reading now: 
Time's Echo by Jeremy Eichler
Auguries & Divinations by Heather Treseler
Identifies as: 
Jewish
White
Prefers to work with: 
Illness/Wellness
Incarcerated Individuals

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