Robert Hershon, born and raised in Brooklyn, is a poet and the author of twelve books. His most recent book is Calls from the Outside World.
He has published twelve books of poetry. Most recently, Into the Punch Line: Poems 1984-1994 (1994), The German Lunatic (2000), and Calls from the Outside World (2006). His work has appeared in the American Poetry Review, Poetry Northwest, the World, Michigan Quarterly, Ploughshares,[1] and The Nation, among many others.[2]
He is also the recipient of various awards, including two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He works as the executive director of the Print Center and as a co-editor of Hanging Loose Press and Hanging Loose magazine in Brooklyn, NY. He has edited various collections, including Smart Like Me and Shooting the Rat, collections of High School writing.[3][4]
He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife Donna Brook.