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About the Author

About the Author Bart Edelman was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1951, and spent his childhood in Teaneck. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Hofstra University. He is currently professor of English at Glendale College, where he edits Eclipse, A Literary Journal. He was awarded grants and fellowships from the United States Department of Education,the University of Southern California and the L.B.J.School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin,conducting literary research in India,Egypt,Nigeria and Poland. His poetry has appeared in newspapers and journals, as well as textbooks and anthologies, published by City Lights Books, Etruscan Press,Harcourt Brace,McGraw-Hill,Prentice Hall,Simon & Schuster,Thomson/Heinle, and the University of Iowa Press. He teaches poetry workshops across the United States and was Poet-inResidence at Monroe College of the State University of New York. Collections of his work include Crossing the Hackensack (1993),Under Damaris’ Dress (1996), The Alphabet of Love (1999) and The Gentle Man (2001). He lives in Pasadena, California. ...