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(1939-2016) Poet. Bill Berkson was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in San Francisco, California.

Full Name

Bill Berkson

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Berkson lived much of his life in Manhattan, New York, including, as a child, in his parents' apartment on Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park. He attended the Trinity School in Manhattan.

1939

BIRTH

William Craig Berkson was born in Manhattan, New York, on August 30, 1939.

1964

OTHER

Mr. Berkson attended a poetry workshop at the New School for Social Research and in 1964 began teaching at the workshop.

1984

LITWORK

Lush Life
Z Press
0915990261 / 978-0915990269
Collection of poetry.

2000

LITWORK

Serenade (Poetry & Prose 1975-1989) (Zoland Books, 2000)
Zoland Books
1581950160 / 978-1581950168
Collection of poetry and prose, 1975-1989.

2004

LITWORK

The Sweet Singer of Modernism & Other Art Writings 1985-2003
Qua Books
0970876343 / 978-0970876348
Criticism.

2006

LITWORK

What���s Your Idea of a Good Time?: Letters & Interviews 1977-1985
Tuumba Press
1931157081 / 978-1931157087
Prose written with Bernadette Mayer.

2007

LITWORK

Sudden Address: Selected Lectures 1981-2006
Cuneiform Press
0982792603 / 978-0982792605
Criticism.

2007

LITWORK

Our Friends Will Pass Among You Silently
The Owl Press
0966943082 / 978-0966943085
Collection of poetry.

2009

LITWORK

Portrait And Dream: New And Selected Poems
Coffee House Press
1566892295 / 978-1566892292
Collection of poetry.

2010

LITWORK

For the Ordinary Artist: Short Reviews, Occasional Pieces and More
BlazeVOX Books
1609640055 / 978-1609640057
Criticism.

2014

LITWORK

Expect Delays
Coffee House Press
1566893739 / 978-1566893732
Collection of poetry.

2016

DEATH

Bill Berkson died in San Francisco, California, on June 16, 2016.

2016

LITWORK

Since When
Coffee House Press

Memoir.

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