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(1936-2021) Poet. Robert Hershon published more than a dozen books of poems and his work appeared in such publications as The Nation, The New York Times, American Poetry Review, and New American Writing, as well as many anthologies. Mr. Hershon won two writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and three from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He was a founder and an editor of Hanging Loose Press.

Full Name

Robert Hershon

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline

1936

BIRTH

Robert Myles Hershon was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 28, 1936.

1957

OTHER

Mr. Hershon earned a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1957.

1970

LITWORK

Atlantic Avenue
Unicorn Press

Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Grocery Lists
The Crossing Press
091227820X / 978-0912278209
Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Little Red Wagon Painted Blue
Unicorn Press
0877750394 / 978-0877750390
Collection of poetry.

1975

LITWORK

Rocks and Chairs
Some of Us Press
0914610198 / 978-0914610199
Collection of poetry.

1980

LITWORK

The Public Hug
Louisiana State University Press
0807105988 / 978-0807105986
Collection of poetry.

1985

LITWORK

How to Ride on the Woodlawn Express
Sun Press
0915342472 / 978-0915342471
Collection of poetry.

1994

LITWORK

Into a Punchline: Poems 1984-1994
Hanging Loose Press
1882413075 / 978-1882413072
Collection of poetry.

2000

LITWORK

The German Lunatic
Hanging Loose Press
1882413717 / 978-1882413713
Collection of poetry.

2006

LITWORK

Calls From The Outside World
Hanging Loose Press
1931236577 / 978-1931236577
Collection of poetry.

2013

LITWORK

Goldfish and Rose
Hanging Loose Press
1934909300 / 978-1934909300
Collection of poetry.

2021

DEATH

Robert Hershon died at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on March 20, 2021.

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