George Bradley (poet)
George Bradley | |
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Born | George Crawford Bradley Jr. January 22, 1953 Roslyn, New York, United States |
Occupation | Poet, writer, editor |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Yale University University of Virginia |
Spouse |
Spencer Boyd (m. 1984) |
George Bradley (born 1953 in Roslyn, New York) is an American poet, editor, and fiction writer whose work is characterized by formal structure, humor, and satirical narrative.
Life
Bradley was raised on Long Island and has lived in Virginia, New York City, Italy and Connecticut
George Bradley's poems have appeared in
Awards
- 1985: Yale Younger Poets Series, selected by James Merrill[17]
- 1990: The Peter I. B. Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets[3]
- 1990: National Endowment for the Arts Grant[18]
- 1992: The Witter Bynner Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters[19]
Works
In 1998 he edited The Yale Younger Poets Anthology, which traced the history of the first poetry series in America from its inception in 1919 to 1997. The critic Peter Davison praised this anthology in the
Poetry
- The Paradise of Assassins. Alderman Press. 1978.
- Terms To Be Met. Yale University Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-300-03599-5.
- Of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. A.A. Knopf. 1991. ISBN 978-0394589985.
- The Fire Fetched Down. A.A. Knopf. 1996. ISBN 978-0679446200.
- Some Assembly Required. A.A. Knopf. 2001. ISBN 978-0-375-41195-3.
- A Few of Her Secrets. Waywiser Press (U.K. and U.S.A.). 2011. ISBN 978-1-904130-42-0.
- A Stroll in the Rain, New and Selected Poems. Louisiana State University Press. 2021. ISBN 978-0-8071-7584-2.
Anthologies
- Ashbery, John; Lehman, David, eds. (1988). The Best American Poetry 1988. Collier Books. ISBN 978-1-5011-9633-1.
- James, Tate; Lehman, David, eds. (1997). The Best American Poetry 1997. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-81452-0.
- Bradley, George, ed. (1998). The Yale Younger Poets Anthology. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07473-4.
- Collins, Billy, ed. (2003). Poetry 180: a turning back to poetry. Random House Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-8129-6887-3.
- Furman, Laura, ed. (2010). The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Best Stories of the Year. Anchor Books/Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-47236-6.
- Gioia, Dana; Lehman, David, eds. (2018). The Best American Poetry 2018. Scribner Poetry. ISBN 978-1-5011-2779-3.
Translations
- Montale, Eugenio (2022). Late Montale: poems written in his final years. Translated by Bradley, George. Waywiser Press. ISBN 978-1-911379-05-8.
References
- ^ Lovenheim, Barbara (1986-12-07). "East End Inspires Paean in Poetry". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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- ^ a b c d e "George Bradley". Random House. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Spencer Boyd Is Married to George C. Bradley Jr". The New York Times. New York City. 1984-09-09. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "William Boyd". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh. 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Contributors' Notes, Volume 27, #4". New England Review. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "The Paris Review - Fall 2003". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "American Poetry Review records". Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Bradley, George (2003). "A Few of Her Secrets". The Paris Review. No. 165. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- JSTOR 43471907. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "George Bradley-Frug Macabre". Open City Magazine & Books. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ISBN 0-916366-33-2.
- ^ "The Magazine Book, Issue 2, April - June 1988". Spazio Umano. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "American Poetry Review records". The American Scholar. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "Bradley, George". Raritan: A Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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- ^ "The Yale Younger Poets Anthology". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "NEA Literature Fellowships" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "George Bradley". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Davison, Peter (1998). "review of The Yale Younger Poets Anthology". Atlantic Monthly. Vol. 281, no. 6. pp. 103–112. Retrieved 2021-02-02.