Lewis Warsh
Director, M.F.A. Program in Creative WritingAssociate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., City College of New York, CUNY
lewis.warsh@liu.edu
Description
I was born in the Bronx in 1944 and began writing as a teenager. I have published over twenty-five books of poetry, fiction and autobiography. From 1966-1975 I co-edited Angel Hair Magazine and Books, and since 1975 I have been editor and publisher of United Artists Books. I have been a guest editor for The World, the literary magazine of the Poetry Project, and I’m presently a contributing editor to Zen Monster Magazine. My poems have appeared in three volumes of The Best American Poetry series, and in numerous other anthologies. I’ve taught at Queens College, Naropa University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, SUNY Albany and The New School. A double CD of a live reading of a book-length poem, The Origin of the World, appeared in 2004. I’v been teaching at Long Island University since 1984—initially as an adjunct instructor and presently as an Associate Professor in the English Department.
Specialties
Poetry, fiction, 19th and 20th century American and European literature
Publications
Books:
- A PLACE IN THE SUN ( 2010)
- INSEPRABLE: POEMS 1995-2005 (2008)
- TED’S FAVORITE SKIRT (2002)
- THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD (2001)
- TOUCH OF THE WHIP (2001)
- MONEY UNDER THE TABLE (1998)
Honors/Awards
- James Shestack Prize, The American Poetry Review, 1993
- Fund for Poetry Award, 1993
- New York Foundation of the Arts Award in Poetry, 1987
- National Endowment of the Arts Grant in Poetry, 1980
- Creative Arts Public Service Award in Fiction, 1977
Professional Affiliations
- The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, New York, N.Y., 1973--
- PEN International, New York, N.Y., 1999--/
