Henry Lyman

Henry Lyman. Courtesy NPR.

Henry Lyman is an American poet, editor, and translator

Life

Lyman is the former host and producer of WFCR's Poems to a Listener, a nationally distributed series of readings and conversations with poets which ran from 1976 to 1994.

His poems and translations have appeared in periodicals, including The Nation, the New Directions annuals, the New York Times, and Poetry.

He is a former student of Estonian poet Aleksis Rannit, and has translated Rannit's poetry into English.

He edited a posthumously published collection of Robert Francis's poetry, and an anthology of 20th-century New England poetry titled After Frost.

Lyman also maintains Fort Juniper, the home of American poet Robert Francis, as a residence for writers, composers, and artists.

Publications

Poetry

• The Land Has Its Say. Northampton, MA: Open Field Press, 2015.

Translated

• Aleksis Rannit, Cantus Firmus. New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, 1978.
• Aleksis Rannit, Signum et Verbum. New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, 1981.

Edited

• Robert Francis, Late Fire, Late Snow: New and uncollected poems. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992.
• After Frost: An anthology of poetry from New England Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. ISBN 978-1-55849-041-3

Henry Lyman Reads The House Remembers by Robert Francis for Common Threads 2016

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.

See also

• List of U.S. poets

External links

Poems

• Henry Lyman in the Tupelo Quarterly

Audio / video

• A Poet's Voice Rises from the Archives, NPR Online Archive

Books

• Henry Lyman at Amazon.com