Ed Roberson (born December 26th, 1939) is an American poet.
Life
Roberson was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970,[1] and later completed graduate work at Goddard College.[2] He then served as a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh[1] and at Rutgers University until 2002.[3] He married Rhonda Wiles in May 1973 who graduated from Rutgers University Douglas College and Hofstra Law School in New York. They have a daughter in 1976.
Since 2007, he has been a visiting writer and artist in Residence at the Northwestern University.[4][2] and has also taught at the University of Chicago and Columbia College.
His work appears in the literary magazine Callaloo.[5][6] Roberson has written eleven books of poetry.
Awards
- 2020 Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers[7]
- 2017 Academy of American Poets Fellowship
- 2016 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry[8][9]
- 2008 Shelley Memorial Award
- 1998 National Poetry Series, for Atmosphere Conditions chosen by Nathaniel Mackey
- Iowa Poetry Prize for Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In
- LA Times Book Award
- Stephen Henderson Critics Award for Achievement in Literature
- Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award
- Lenore Marshall Award finalist, Academy of American Poets’
Works
Poetry
- Asked What has Changed. Wesleyan University Press. 2022. ISBN 978-0819580108.
- “From: Picking Up the Tune, the Universe and Planets”, Electronic Poetry Center
- “VI. Cape Journal: At Sand Pile”, Electronic Poetry Center
- Closest Pronunciation: Poems. Northwestern University Press. 31 January 2013. ISBN 978-0-8101-2892-7.
- To See the Earth Before the End of the World. Wesleyan University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-8195-6950-9.[10]
- City Eclogue. Atelos. 2006. ISBN 978-1-891190-23-0.
- Atmosphere conditions. Sun & Moon Press. 2000. ISBN 978-1-55713-392-2.
- Voices cast out to talk us in: poems. University of Iowa Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-87745-510-3.
- Etai-eken. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1975. ISBN 978-0-8229-5263-3.
- When thy king is a boy: poems. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1970. ISBN 978-0-8229-5214-5.
Anthologies
- Melissa Tuckey, ed. (2018). Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-5315-9.
- Lyn Hejinian; David Lehman, eds. (2004). “Ideas Gray Suits Bowler Hats Baal”. The Best American Poetry 2004. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-5757-2.
- Leonard Schwartz; Joseph Donahue; Edward Halsey Foster, eds. (1996). Primary trouble: an anthology of contemporary American poetry. Talisman House. ISBN 978-1-883689-29-2.
References
- ^ a b Blake, Sharon S. (January 23, 2012). “Pitt Celebrates Black History Month With World Premiere Screening of Thaddeus Mosley: Sculptor”. Pitt Chronicle. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ a b “Ed Roberson”. Poets.org. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ “Ed Roberson”. Woodland Pattern Book Center. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
- ^ http://www.northwestern.edu/writing-larts/writers/residence/fall2007.html [dead link]
- ^ Roberson, Ed (2006). “The Door”. Callaloo. 29 (1): 18. doi:10.1353/cal.2006.0065. S2CID 201792037. Project MUSE 196146.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ Roberson, Ed (2002). “Road Ikon”. Callaloo. 25 (4): 1022. doi:10.1353/cal.2002.0169. S2CID 201781054. Project MUSE 6866.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ “Ed Roberson Wins Jackson Poetry Prize, $70,000 Award”. Poets & Writers.
- ^ Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). “PEN Literary Award winners announced”. Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ “2016 PEN Literary Award Winners”. PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ “Brandeis University Press”. 11 May 2023.
