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Alfred Corn

Alfred Corn’s tenth book of poems, Tables, appeared in January 2013.  He has also published a novel, Part of His Story; two collections of essays; and a study of prosody. Prizes for his work as a poet include the Guggenheim fellowship, the NEA, an Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters, and one from the Academy of American Poets. He has taught creative writing at Yale, Columbia, and UCLA.  In 2011 Pentameters Theatre in London staged his play Lowell’s Bedlam, and in 2013 he was made a Life Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, where he worked on a translation of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. This year Barrow Street Press will publish a volume of poems titled Unions, and Eyewear will publish his second novel, Miranda’s Book.   

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