EDUCATION

M.A., English, City College of New York, 1975.
B.A., English, City College of New York, 1966.

TEACHING

Associate  Professor in English, Long Island University, Booklyn,
New York. 2000--.

Visiting Assistant Professor in fiction writing. SUNY Albany, Albany,
N.Y., 1999-2000.

Adjunct Professor in poetry, The New School, N.Y., Spring 2000.

Adjunct Instructor in literature. Pace University, N.Y. 1998--1999.

Lecturer in creative writing, The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 1997-98.

Lecturer in poetry and fiction. The Naropa Institute, Boulder,
Colorado. 1977, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007.

Lecturer in creative writing and magazine editing. The Poetry
Project, St. Mark’s Church, New York, N.Y. 1991-94, 1998.

Adjunct Instructor in creative writing, literature and composition.
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey. 1987-89.

Adjunct Instructor in literature and creative writing. Yeshiva
University. 1985-86.

Adjunct Lecturer in literature. Queens College, Flushing, N.Y. 1984-86.

Adjunct Lecturer in literature and creative writing. New England
College, Henniker, New Hampshire. 1980-81.

BOOKS

Poetry
THE SUICIDE RATES (Toad Press: Eugene, Oregon. 1967)
HIGHJACKING (Boke Press: New York, N.Y.  1968)
MOVING THROUGH AIR  (Angel Hair Books, 1968)
CHICAGO (with Tom Clark, Angel Hair Books, 1969)
DREAMING AS ONE (Corinth Books, 1971)
LONG DISTANCE (Ferry Press, 1972)
IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING  (Other Books, 1974)
TODAY  (Adventures In Poetry, 1974)
BLUE HEAVEN  (The Kulchur Foundation, 1978)
HIVES (United Artists Books, 1979)
METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL  (Sun & Moon Books, 1983)
THE CORSET (In Camera Books, 1987)
INFORMATION FROM THE SURFACE OF VENUS (United Artists, 1987)
AVENUE OF ESCAPE (Long News Books, 1995)
PRIVATE AGENDA (with Pamela Lawton, Hornswoggle Press, 1996)
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD (Creative Arts, 2001)
DEBTOR’S PRISON (with Julie Harrison, Granary, 2001)
REPORTED MISSING  (United Artists, 2003)
THE FLEA MARKET IN KIEL (A Rest Books, 2006)
FLIGHT TEST (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006)
INSEPARABLE: POEMS 1995-2005 (Granary, 2008)

Fiction
AGNES & SALLY (The Fiction Collective, 1984)
A FREE MAN (Sun & Moon, 1991)
MONEY UNDER THE TABLE (Trip Street Press, 1997)
TOUCH OF THE WHIP (Singing Horse, 2001)
TED’S FAVORITE SKIRT (Spuyten Duyvil, 2002)
A PLACE IN THE SUN (Spuyten Duyvil, 2008)

Autobiography
PART OF MY HISTORY (Coach House Press, 1972)
THE MAHARAJHA’S SON (Angel Hair Books, 1977)
BUSTIN’S ISLAND ‘68 (Granary Books, 1996)

Translation
NIGHT OF LOVELESS NIGHTS by Robert Desnos (Ant’s Forefoot Books, 1973)

Editor
THE ANGEL HAIR ANTHOLOGY (with Anne Waldman; Granary Books, 2001)

ANTHOLOGIES

THE YOUNG AMERICAN POETS  (Follette, 1967)
THE YOUNG AMERICAN WRITERS  (Funk & Wagnalls, 1968)
THE WORLD ANTHOLOGY  (Bobbs-Merrill, 1969)
ANOTHER WORLD  (Bobbs-Merrill, 1971)
ON THE MESA  (City Lights, 1972)
I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC  (William Morrow, 1978)
DIAMONDS (Doubleday, 1981)
THE POET EXPOSED (Aperture, 1986)
UP LATE: AMERICAN POETRY SINCE 1970 (4 Walls, 8 Windows, 1987)
BROADWAY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETS & PAINTERS  (Hanging Loose, 1988)
NICE TO SEE YOU  (Coffee House, 1990)
OUT OF THIS WORLD  (Crown, 1991)
THE UNMADE BED (Harper Collins, 1991)
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CENTURY (Sun & Moon, 1994)
AMERICAN POETS SAY GOODBYE TO THE 20TH CENTURY  (4 Walls, 8 Windows, 1996)
PRIMARY TROUBLE (Talisman Books, 1996)
2000 AND WHAT? (Trip Street Press, 1996)
BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1997 (Scribners)
A SECRET LOCATION ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE (Granary Books/The New York Public Library, 1998)
THE NEW GENERATION: POEMS FROM CHINA TODAY (Hanging Loose, 1999)
THE KGB ANTHOL0GY (Morrow, 1999)
THE BODY ELECTRIC (Norton, 1999)
HERE LIES (Trip Street Press, 2000)
THE BLIND SEE ONLY THE BLIND (Granary, 2000)
TEACHERS & WRITERS GUIDE TO CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE (Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2001)
POETRY AFTER 9/11 (Melville House, 2002)
BEST AMERICAN POETRY (Scribners, 2002)
BEST AMERICAN POETRY (Scribners, 2003)
THE BROOKLYN RAIL FICTION ANTHOLOGY (Hanging Loose, 2006)
NINETEEN LINES: A DRAWING CENTER ANTHOLOGY (The Drawing Center/Roof, 2007)
GERTRUDE STEIN AWARDS FOR INNOVATIVE AMERICAN POETRY (Green Integer, 2008)

MAGAZINES

Poetry, fiction and criticism have appeared in The American Poetry
Review, The Green Integer Review, Conjunctions, The Mississippi Review,
Van Gogh’s Ear, The Brooklyn Rail, Fence, The Columbia Poetry Review,
First Intensity, The Paris Review, Rolling Stone, Cover, Transfer,
Poetry, The American Book Review, Vanitas, The Boston Phoenix, River
Styx, Long News, Shiny, 6 x 6, The World, This, Talisman, Pequod,
Shark, Pressed Wafer, Lingo, Notus, Art & Literature, Fire Exit, The
Germ, Shark, The Five Fingers Review, The Poetry Project Newsletter,
Poetry New York, Big Sky, Adventures in Poetry, New World Journal,
many others.

READINGS

I have given readings of my work at UC San Diego, New College, Wayne
State University, New York University, Bard College, The Detroit
Institute of the Arts, M.I.T., The Museum of Modern Art (New York), The
William Carlos Williams Center, The New School, Yale, Stevens Institute
of Technology, School of Visual Arts, San Francsisco State College,
Barnard, The Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco), The Knitting
Factory, The Poetry Project, The Bowery Poetry Club, many others.

EDITING

From 1966 to 1975 I edited and published Angel Hair Magazine and
Books, producing over 70 volumes of poetry and fiction by American and
English authors. The press received grants from The National Endowment
for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, The Massachusetts
Council of the Arts and the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines.

Since 1977 I have edited and published United Artists Books. United
Artists has received grants from The National Endowment for the Arts
and the New York State Council on the Arts.

From 1991-94 I edited The World, the literary magazine of The Poetry
Project in New York.

AWARDS

Poets Foundation Award, 1971.
CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service) Award in Fiction, 1976.
National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Poetry, 1980.
Editor’s Fellowship Grant from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines, 1981.
New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship in Poetry, 1988.
Fund for Poetry Grant, 1994.
Jerome J. Shestack Prize, The American Poetry Review, 1994.