Robert Hershon

Robert Hershon, is a poet

Life
Hershon was born raised in Brooklyn, New York City. He has published twelve books of poetry. His work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry Northwest, the World, Michigan Quarterly, Ploughshares, and The Nation, among many others.

He is also the recipient of various awards, including two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He worked as the executive director of the Print Center and is a co-editor of Hanging Loose Press and Hanging Loose magazine in Brooklyn, NY. He has edited various collections, including Smart Like Me and Shooting the Rat, collections of High School writing.

He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife Donna Brook.

Publications

 * Into a Punch Line: Poems 1984-1994. Hanging Loose Press, 1994.
 * The German Lunatic. Hanging Loose Press, 2000.
 * Calls from the Outside World. Hanging Loose Press, 2006.