William Corbett

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William Corbett ("Bill") (born in 1942) is an American poet, essayist, editor, and educator. He has served as Writer-in-Residence in the Program of Writing and Humanistic Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has taught classes at MIT focusing on the craft of the personal essay and the creation of poetry. He edits the small publisher Pressed Wafer, which specializes in poetry broadsides, chapbooks and books.

Corbett has edited the letters of James Schuyler and published two memoirs: Philip Guston’s Late Work: A Memoir (1994) and Furthering My Education (1997). He writes frequently on art, and in 1999 published a book on the sculptor John Raimondi. He lives in Boston’s South End and has served as the editor Grand Street. Corbett has also been a frequent contributor to local Boston newspapers, including the Boston Phoenix, for which he writes book reviews.

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