Richard Foerster (born October 29, 1949) is an American

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and the author of eight collections. His most recent poetry collection is ''Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems'' ( Tiger Bark Press, 2019), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''

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'', ''The New England Review'', ''

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'', ''Shenandoah'', ''

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''. His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows
a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. He was founding editor of ''Chautauqua Literary Journal'' from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long-time editor at ''

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Magazine,'' beginning in 1978. He became

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in 1994, and served in that position until 2001. Foerster received a B.A. in

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from

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and an M.A. in English Literature from the

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. He lives in

Eliot, Maine Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, Maine, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across f ...

, where he also works as a freelance editor and typesetter.

Published works

* ''Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems'' ( Tiger Bark Press, 2019) * ''River Road'' ( Texas Review Press, 2015) * ''Penetralia'' ( Texas Review Press, 2011) * ''The Burning of Troy'' ( BOA Editions, Ltd., 2006) * ''Double Going'' (BOA Editions, 2002) * ''Trillium'' (BOA Editions, 1998) * ''Patterns of Descent'' (Orchises Press, 1993) * ''Sudden Harbor'' (Orchises Press, 1992)

Awards and honors

* 2011

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Fellowship for Poetry. *

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship The Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship is given annually to a U.S.-born poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance his or her work. When poet Amy Lowell died in 1925, her will established ...

(2000/2001) * Camargo Foundation Fellowship (199

* Hawthornden Fellowship (1997) * Maine Arts Commission Fellowship (1997) * National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowship (2011, 1995) * Bess Hokin Prize (1992) * ''Discovery''/''The Nation'' Award (1985)

References

External links

Fordham Magazine review of ''Double Going''
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