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Michael Benedikt (1935\u20132007), who has been occasionally grouped with the New York School poets, as well as James Tate and Russell Edson, published five books of poetry in his lifetime, and edited several anthologies, including the influential\u00a0The Prose Poem<\/em>(1976) and\u00a0The Poetry of Surrealism<\/em>\u00a0(1974). This collection brings together for the first time work from all five of those long out-of-print volumes\u2014along with work from his five unpublished manuscripts, which were nearly destroyed after his death. Finally, this once widely published and influential voice is back in print, and a fuller understanding of the development of American surrealism and the prose poem in the 1960s and 1970s is possible. Also, the more expansive work that he began in 1980, which investigated the line between the lyric and prose narrative, is finally getting the book presentation it deserves. A lifelong New Yorker, Benedikt was at various times an associate editor with\u00a0Art News<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Art International<\/em>, managing editor of\u00a0Locus Solus<\/em>, and poetry editor of the\u00a0Paris Review<\/em>. Benedikt also taught at institutions such as Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, Vassar, and Boston University.<\/p>\n

About the authors<\/h3>\n
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Laura Boss<\/h4>\n

Laura Boss is founder and editor of\u00a0Lips<\/em>\u00a0poetry magazine. Her books of poetry include\u00a0Stripping<\/em>, the award-winning\u00a0On the Edge of the Hudson<\/em>, and\u00a0Reports from the Front<\/em>. Her most recent book is\u00a0Arms: New and Selected Work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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John Gallaher<\/h4>\n

John Gallaher is the author of four books of poetry, most recently\u00a0Map of the Folded World<\/i>, and\u00a0Your Father on the Train of Ghosts\u00a0<\/i>(with G. C. Waldrep). He’s currently co-editor of\u00a0The Laurel Review<\/i>\u00a0and lives in rural Missouri.<\/p>\n

Reviews & Interviews<\/h3>\n

NPR- https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/02\/21\/276863034\/wise-funny-poems-saved-from-the-trash-bin-in-the-nick-of-time<\/a><\/p>\n

Poetry Foundation- https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/harriet-books\/2014\/02\/reintroducing-michael-benedikt-time-is-a-toy<\/a><\/p>\n

Other books by John Gallaher<\/h4>\n