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(1955-2008) Poet. Jason Shinder was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of two volumes of poetry and editor of many anthologies. He was founder of the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program.

Full Name

Jason Shinder

Locations

Nassau

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Shinder lived in Merrick, New York.

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OTHER

Shinder taught at the New School University in Manhattan, New York.

1955

BIRTH

Jason Scott Shinder was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955.

1978

OTHER

Shinder received a bachelor's degree in English from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1978.

1983

LITWORK

Divided Light: Father and Son Poems
Sheep Meadow Press.

Anthology edited by Shinder.

1993

LITWORK

Every Room We Ever Slept In
Sheep Meadow Press.

Poetry.

1996

LITWORK

Lights, Camera, Poetry! American Movie Poems, the First Hundred Years
Harcourt Brace.

Anthology edited by Shinder.

2000

LITWORK

Tales From the Couch: Writers on Talk Therapy
Morrow.

Anthology edited by Shinder.

2001

LITWORK

Among Women
Graywolf Press.

Poetry.

2006

LITWORK

The Poem That Changed America: 'Howl' Fifty Years Later
Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Anthology edited by Shinder. It is a collection of essays on Allen Ginsberg's work.

2008

DEATH

Jason Shinder died in Manhattan, New York in 2008.

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