Richard Foerster

Poet

Eliot, ME
Maine US
Email: 
richardfoerster@yahoo.com

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press, 2019)
,
River Road (Texas Review Press, 2015)
,
Penetralia (Texas Review Press, 2011)
,
The Burning of Troy (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2006)
,
Double Going (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2002)
,
Trillium (BOA Editions, Ltd., 1998)
,
Patterns of Descent (Orchises Press, 1993)
,
Sudden Harbor (Orchises Press, 1992)
Journals:
Alabama Literary Review
,
Southwest Review
,
Tar River Poetry
,
West Branch
Prizes won: 

Honors include the “Discovery”/The Nation Award,
Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize, fellowships from the National Endowment for the
Arts and the Maine Arts Commission, the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, and
the Hobart (Australia) City Council Residency for an International Writer.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
German American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
Bronx, NY
Raised in: 
NY
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Last update: Mar 19, 2019