Mark Statman
Emeritus Professor
Email
statmanm@newschool.edu
Office Location
A - 66 West 12th Street
Profile
As a poet and educator, I’m interested in the ways in which poetry (and all the arts) help us to describe and define the world we live in, that is, to think about what it means to be a writer in this society. I want for my students what I want for myself: to read and to make work that is challenging, provocative, funny, sad, strange, beautiful.
Degrees Held
BA, Comparative Religions, Columbia College (Columbia University)
Recent Publications
- Poetry, fiction, translations, essays have appeared in twelve anthologies as well as in numerous journals including South Dakota Review, Washington Square Review, American Poetry Review (APR), Florida Review, Cincinnati Review, Ping Pong, Trespass, Mad Hat, Tin House, The Hat, Hanging Loose, Bayou, conduit, Curbside Review, CBC Features, and Teachers & Writers .
- That Train Again: Poems (Lavender Ink, 2015).
- A Map of the Winds: Poems (Lavender Ink, 2013).
- Black Tulips: The Selected Poems of José María Hinojosa (translations), (University of New Orleans, 2012).
- Tourist at a Miracle: Poems (Hanging Loose, 2010).
- Poet in New York, Federico Garcia Lorca, translated with Pablo Medina (Grove Press, 2008).
- Listener in the Snow: The Practice and Teaching of Poetry (Teachers & Writers, 2000).
- The Alphabet of the Trees: A Guide to Nature Writing, co-edited with Christian McEwen (Teachers & Writers, 2000).