A.M. Juster

Poet

Belmont, MA

Massachusetts US

Email:

amjuster@hotmail.com

Website:

www.amjuster.net

Twitter/X:

@amjuster

Author's Bio

Nine books of original & translated poetry; work in Poetry, Rattle, Paris Review, Hudson Review & other journals; poetry editor FirstThings; regular reviewer for Claremont Review of Books, LA Review of Books & other journals.

https://www.forstthings.com/article/2010...

Writers Retreats:

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

The Powow River Poets (Ocean Publishing, 2006)

150 Contemporary Sonnets (University of Evansville Press, 2005)

Fashioned Pleasures (Parallel Press, 2005)

Kiss and Tell (Doggerel Daze Press, 2005)

Books:

The Secret Language of Women (University of Evansville Press, 2003)

Longing for Laura (Birch Brook Press, 2001)

Journals:

Carolina Quarterly

Formalist

Light Quarterly

Michigan Quarterly Review

Paris Review

South Carolina Review

Prizes won:

Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award of The Formalist (only three-time winner); Richard Wilbur Award; Barnstone Translation Prize; New England Poetry Club's Firman Houghton Award for lyric poetry

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Richard Wilbur, Wendy Cope, W.H. Auden, Rhina Espaillat, Philip Larkin

What I'm reading now:

Blazons by Marilyn Hacker

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Teachers

Fluent in:

French

Born in:

Fort Dix

Raised in:

Milton, MA

Massachusetts

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Last update: May 08, 2019