Ed Roberson

Ed Roberson (born 1939) is an American poet.

Ed Roberson
Born1939 (age 83–84)
Pittsburgh, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh
GenrePoet
Notable awardsPEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

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 one child together, a daughter, Lena Illininiza Roberson, in 1976.

Since 2007, he has been a visiting writer and artist in Residence at the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies[4] and has also taught at the University of Chicago and Columbia College. He is Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern University.[2]

His work appears in the literary magazine Callaloo.[5][6] Roberson has written eleven books of poetry.

Awards

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
  1. 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.
  2. "Ed Roberson". Poets.org. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. "Ed Roberson". Woodland Pattern Book Center. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  4. http://www.northwestern.edu/writing-larts/writers/residence/fall2007.html
  5. "Project MUSE – Callaloo – The Door". muse.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
  6. "Project MUSE – Callaloo – Road Ikon". muse.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
  7. "Ed Roberson Wins Jackson Poetry Prize, $70,000 Award". Poets & Writers.
  8. Maggie Galehouse (March 1, 2016). "PEN Literary Award winners announced". Chron. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  9. "2016 PEN Literary Award Winners". PEN. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  10. "Brandeis University Press".
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