His most recent poetry collection is With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books, 2023), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Poetry, The Nation, The New England Review, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review.[1] His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[2] a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. His eighth collection, Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press, 2019), won the 2020 Poetry By the Sea Book Award.
He was founding editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long-time editor at Chelsea Magazine,[3][4] beginning in 1978. He became editor in 1994, and served in that position until 2001. Foerster received a B.A. in English Literature from Fordham College and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia. He lives in Eliot, Maine.
^Richard Foerster, Poetry - Issue Three - The Cortland Review
^"'Penetralia' by Richard Foerster". 25 November 2012.
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Fordham Magazine review of Double Going
Review of The Burning of Troy by Richard Foerster
January 01, 1970
richard, foerster, poet, richard, foerster, born, october, 1949, american, poet, author, nine, collections, richard, foersterbornoctober, 1949bronx, yorkoccupationpoet, editor, typesetternationalityamerican, most, recent, poetry, collection, with, little, ligh. Richard Foerster born October 29 1949 is an American poet and the author of nine collections Richard FoersterBornOctober 29 1949Bronx New YorkOccupationPoet Editor TypesetterNationalityAmerican His most recent poetry collection is With Little Light and Sometimes None at All Littoral Books 2023 and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Poetry The Nation The New England Review Prairie Schooner TriQuarterly The Kenyon Review Shenandoah The Southern Review 1 His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts 2 a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship His eighth collection Boy on a Doorstep New and Selected Poems Tiger Bark Press 2019 won the 2020 Poetry By the Sea Book Award He was founding editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long time editor at Chelsea Magazine 3 4 beginning in 1978 He became editor in 1994 and served in that position until 2001 Foerster received a B A in English Literature from Fordham College and an M A in English Literature from the University of Virginia He lives in Eliot Maine Contents 1 Published works 2 Awards and honors 3 References 4 External linksPublished works editWith Little Light and Sometimes None at All Littoral Books 2023 Boy on a Doorstep New and Selected Poems Tiger Bark Press 2019 River Road Texas Review Press 2015 Penetralia 5 Texas Review Press 2011 The Burning of Troy BOA Editions Ltd 2006 Double Going BOA Editions 2002 Trillium BOA Editions 1998 Patterns of Descent Orchises Press 1993 Sudden Harbor Orchises Press 1992 Awards and honors edit2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry 2 Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship 2000 2001 Camargo Foundation Fellowship 1999 1 Hawthornden Fellowship 1997 Maine Arts Commission Fellowship 1997 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship 2011 1995 Bess Hokin Prize 1992 Discovery The Nation Award 1985 References edit York Weekly Living Arts Library lauds poetry month with guests a b National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows Archived 2010 11 27 at the Wayback Machine Richard Foerster Richard Foerster Poetry Issue Three The Cortland Review Penetralia by Richard Foerster 25 November 2012 External links editFordham Magazine review of Double Going Review of The Burning of Troy by Richard Foerster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Foerster poet amp oldid 1174668984, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
