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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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UPCOMING APPEARANCES
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014
LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL
OF BOOKS
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Bart Edelman signs The Geographer's Wife at The Los
Angeles Times Festival of Books
for Red Hen Press (Booth #346) at USC on Saturday, April 12,
2014, at 3 p.m
Bart Edelman reads from The Geographer's Wife at The Los
Angeles Times Festival of
Books on The Poetry Stage at USC on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at
5 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2013, 7PM
EMPORIA STATE
UNIVERSITY
1200 Commercial Street
Emporia, Kansas
620-341-1200
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2013, 3:15PM
PASADENA LITFEST
Central Park
275 S. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, California
www.litfestpasadena.org
• The Geographer's Wife, Bart Edelman's sixth
major volume of poetry, #4 on
Amazon's American Poetry sales for the week of September 18,
2012.
•
Bart
Edelman currently serving as MFA Associate Faculty in Poetry
at
Antioch University, Los Angeles.
• Bart Edelman's The Geographer's Wife profiled in
Sunroom Desk. Click here
to read the
full article.
• Bart
Edelman's
The Geographer's Wife reviewed by Jenni Nance in
Sweet, Issue 4.3, May 2012
• New! Bart Edelman on Dr. Andy's
Poetry and Technology Hour,
KDVS, Davis, CA,
August 22, 2012
Click here for more NEWS.
NEW! PHOTOS OF RECENT BART EDELMAN READINGS
 THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012
HOFSTRA
UNIVERSITY
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photos
GLENDALE COLLEGE (May 24, 2012)
VROMAN'S BOOKSTORE, PASADENA CALIFORNIA (May 6, 2012)
GLENDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY (April 29, 2012)
FREMONT ART GALLERY (April 28, 2012)
2012 LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (April 21,
2012)
AWP CHICAGO (March 2012)
STORIES BOOKS & CAFE (March 2012)
Click here for detailed news
Bart Edelman is available for readings, lectures, workshops, and
special appearances. Click
here for more information on how to
Book Bart.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Anthologies
Bart Edelman has
contributed to many prestigious
anthologies ranging from Legacies to
Access Literature. Read
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