Ed Roberson

Ed Roberson is an American poet.

Life
Roberson was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970, and latter completed graduate work at Goddard College. He later served as a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh and the at Rutgers University until 2002. Since 2007, he an Visiting Writer/Artist in Residence at Northwestern University and has also taught at the University of Chicago and Columbia College.

His work appears in Callaloo

Recognition

 * 2008 Shelley Memorial Award
 * 1998 National Poetry Series, for Atmosphere Conditions chosen by Nathaniel Mackey
 * Iowa Poetry Prize for Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In
 * LA Times Book Award
 * Stephen Henderson Critics Award for Achievement in Literature
 * Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award
 * Lenore Marshall Award finalist, Academy of American Poets’

Poetry

 * "From: Picking Up the Tune, the Universe and Planets", Electronic Poetry Center
 * "VI. Cape Journal: At Sand Pile", Electronic Poetry Center