Joseph Harrison (poet)

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Joseph Harrison
Born1957 (age 6667)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • editor
Education Yale University (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA)

Joseph Harrison (born 1957 Richmond, Virginia) is an American poet and editor.

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He grew up in Virginia and Alabama. He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979, and from Johns Hopkins University with a Master of Arts degree in 1986. He is Senior American Editor for Waywiser Press. [1] He lives in Baltimore.

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References

  1. "About the Waywiser Press". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. "Joseph Harrison - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  3. Gwynn, R. S. (July 2001). Poetry: A Pocket Anthology . Longman. ISBN   9780321087201. Joseph Harrison penguin.