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Bart Edelman is currently Professor of English at Glendale College where he edits Eclipse, A Literary Journal. His poetry appears frequently in newspapers and journals, as well as textbooks and anthologies published by Cengage, City Lights Books, Etruscan Press, Harcourt Brace, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, Pearson, Simon & Schuster, Thomson/Heinle, the University of Iowa Press, and Wadsworth. He teaches poetry workshops across the United States and was Poet-in-Residence at Monroe College of the State University at New York.
Collections of his work include Crossing the Hackensack (Prometheus Press, 1993), Under Damaris' Dress (Lightning Publications, 1996), The Alphabet of Love (Red Hen Press, 1999), The Gentle Man (Red Hen Press, 2001), and The Last Mojito (Red Hen Press, 2005).
His most recent collection is The Geographer’s Wife (Red Hen Press, 2012).
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• The Geographer's Wife, Bart Edelman's sixth major volume of poetry, has just been published by Red Hen Press.
• Bart Edelman appointed to serve as MFA Associate Faculty in Poetry at
Antioch University, Los Angeles.
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012, 12PM
Glendale College
1500 N. Verdugo Rd. Glendale, 818-240-1000
(Humanities/Social Sciences Lecture Series)
 THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012, 12PM
Hofstra University
Hempstead Turnpike, Hempstead, New York, 516-463-6600
(Hofstra Summer Writers Conference)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012,6PM
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery,
New York, NY 10012, 212- 614-0505
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The Geographer's Wife
Red Hen Press (2012)
"With a cast of characters ranging from acrobats on speed to lumberjacks with wings, The Geographer’s Wife is an accomplished collection.” —Tom Chandler, Poet Laureate of Rhode Island emeritus. Read More. |
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The Last Mojito
Red Hen Press (2005)
"These poems represent an astonishing range of vision and connect to the tradition of American literature." —Ryan G. Van Cleave, editor, Contemporary American Poetry.
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The Gentle Man
Red Hen Press (2001)
"Reading this unexpected, unusual, troubling book, I kept thinking of Emerson’s 'Up again, old heart!' And my deep anxieties were answered with poetry."— William Heyen. Read More.
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The Alphabet of Love
Red Hen Press (1999)
"All of the tightly woven, passionate lines in Bart Edelman’s The Alphabet of Love enter your heart, where they cast a hypnotic spell." —Jo Ray McCuen, Readings for Writers. Read More.
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Under Damaris' Dress
Lightning Press (1996)
“Edelman manages to catch our darket fantasies and secrets and grudging loves with grace and wit. His poetry also honors love and the erotic.”—Stephen Minot, Three Genres. Read More. |
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Crossing the Hackensack
Prometheus Press (1993)
“Edelman has written movingly about the cultural and emotional limbo of living abroad.”—Susan Heeger, Los Angeles Times.
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Eclipse
Since 2000, Edelman has edited and contributed to 11 editions of the acclaimed literary journal Eclipse. Read More.
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Anthologies
Bart Edelman has contributed to many prestigious anthologies ranging from Legacies to Access Literature. Read More.
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