David Tucker

David Tucker is anAmerican poet, and news editor.

Life
He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Donald Hall.

He is an assistant managing editor of the Metro section of The Star-Ledger of Newark.

He married and had a daughter, Calisa. His second marriage was to Beth Johnson; they have two daughters, Emily, and Amy.

Writing
Literary Review: "After a youthful crush on Allen Ginsberg's Howl, I discovered, somewhat to my amazement, that you could write moving poems without--well, howling. This fact hit home when I read Donald Justice's introduction to Weldon Kees's collected poem back in the late fifties. Justice called his intro "The Quiet Voice of Weldon Kees" and argued that Kees's poems were all the more moving, even startling, because they were understated and lacked hysterical breast-beating. The title of David Tucker's first book (chapbook, actually) suggests that it must be of the Justice school, and it is, though the title is more than a tone of voice tantamount to a yawn – a lot more, in fact.

Awards

 * 2007 Witter Bynner Fellowship
 * Bakeless prize from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference

Publications

 * "The Dancer", Poetry Foundation
 * "Today’s News", Poetry Foundation