Robert Kelly

Asher B. Edelman Professor Emeritus of Literature

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Literature, Written Arts

Biography: B.A., City College of New York; graduate work, Columbia University. Litt.D. (honorary), SUNY Oneonta. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts, CAPS, Los Angeles Times Prize for Poetry (1980), award from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Founding editor, Chelsea Review, Trobar, Matter. Contributing editor, Caterpillar, Sulfur, Alcheringa: Ethnopoetics, and Conjunctions. Major poetry books include The Common Shore, The Loom, Kill the Messenger, Not This Island Music, The Flowers of Unceasing Coincidence, A Strange Market, Red Actions, The Time of Voice, The Garden of Distances, Lapis, Runes, Threads, May Day. Fiction: A Transparent Tree, Doctor of Silence, Cat Scratch Fever, The Queen of Terrors, The Book from the Sky. Founding Director, Writing Program, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (1980–93). At Bard since 1961.
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