American poet (born 1942)
Peter Klappert (born 1942 inRockville Centre, New York) is an Americanpoet.
He grew up inWest Hempstead, New York, andRowayton, Connecticut. He graduated fromCornell University and theUniversity of Iowa, with an M.A. and an M.F.A.[1]
His work has appeared inAGNI,[2]Antaeus,[3]Atlantic Monthly,Harper's,[4]Ploughshares,AWP Chronicle,Lambda Book Report,The Gettysburg Review,[5] andThe Southern Review.[6]
He was Briggs-Copeland Lecturer atHarvard University, and Writer-in-Residence atCollege of William and Mary.[citation needed]
He taught atRollins College andNew College of Florida, andGeorge Mason University before retiring in 2006.[7][8]
- "The Cat Lover",AGNI 4, 1975
- "Enrichissez Vous",AGNI 4, 1975
- "Variegations",AGNI 4, 1975
- "Satan Who Is Most Noisy When He Whispers",AGNI 12, 1980
- "If Innocent",Ploughshares, Summer 1981
- "The Prime of Life",Ploughshares, Winter 1991-92
- "CHOKECHERRIES"; "IMPATIENS"; "DOSTOEVSKI SAID MAN"; "CLOSING IN NEW HAVEN"; "THE COURTSHIP OF THE MORTICIANS"; "J'ACCUSE",Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 3, Number 1, Winter 2002
- "CEREBRAL CORTEX",Six Gallerys Press
- How I Stopped Writing Poetry and Other Poems
- Chokecherries: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1999. Orchises. 2000.ISBN 978-0-914061-81-6.
- Circular Stairs, Distress in the Mirrors. Marlboro, Vt.: Six Gallery Press. 2008.ISBN 978-0-9810091-1-7.
- Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty. New York: Knopf. 1984.ISBN 978-0-394-51383-6.
- '52 pick-up: scenes from the conspiracy : a documentary : a poem in 52 scenes, 2 jokers and an extra ace of spades. Orchises Press. 1984.ISBN 978-0-914061-02-1.
- Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. 1971.ISBN 978-0-300-01453-2.
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