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'''Richard Foerster''' (born October 29, 1949) is an award-winning American [[poet]] and the author of six collections.
'''Richard Foerster''' (born October 29, 1949) is an American [[poet]] and the author of nine collections.


His most recent poetry collection is ''Penetralia'' ([[Texas Review Press]], 2011), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''The New England Review'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', ''[[TriQuarterly]]'', ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', ''Shenandoah'', ''[[The Southern Review]]''.<ref>[http://kennebunkdining.com/news/yorkweekly/04122006/arts/97402.htm York Weekly Living/Arts: Library lauds poetry month with guests<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,<ref name="NEA">[http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/11grants/litFellows.php National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows]</ref> a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship.
His most recent poetry collection is ''With Little Light and Sometimes None at All'' (Littoral Books, 2023), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''[[Poetry (magazine)|Poetry]]'', ''[[The Nation]]'', ''The New England Review'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', ''[[TriQuarterly]]'', ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', ''Shenandoah'', ''[[The Southern Review]]''.<ref>[http://kennebunkdining.com/news/yorkweekly/04122006/arts/97402.htm York Weekly Living/Arts: Library lauds poetry month with guests<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,<ref name="NEA">[http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/11grants/litFellows.php National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127065351/http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/11grants/litFellows.php |date=2010-11-27 }}</ref> a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. His eighth collection, ''Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems'' (Tiger Bark Press, 2019)'','' won the 2020 Poetry By the Sea Book Award.


He was founding editor of ''Chautauqua Literary Journal'' from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long-time editor at ''[[Chelsea (magazine)|Chelsea]] Magazine,''<ref>[http://boaeditions.org/authors/foerster.html Richard Foerster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.cortlandreview.com/issuethree/richard3.htm Richard Foerster, Poetry - Issue Three - The Cortland Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> beginning in 1978. He became [[Editing|editor]] in 1994, and served in that position until 2001. Foerster received a B.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Fordham College]] and an M.A. in English Literature from the [[University of Virginia]]. He lives in [[York, Maine]], where he also works as a freelance editor and typesetter.
He was founding editor of ''Chautauqua Literary Journal'' from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long-time editor at ''[[Chelsea (magazine)|Chelsea]] Magazine,''<ref>[http://boaeditions.org/authors/foerster.html Richard Foerster<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.cortlandreview.com/issuethree/richard3.htm Richard Foerster, Poetry - Issue Three - The Cortland Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> beginning in 1978. He became [[Editing|editor]] in 1994, and served in that position until 2001. Foerster received a B.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Fordham College]] and an M.A. in English Literature from the [[University of Virginia]]. He lives in [[Eliot, Maine]].


==Published works==
==Published works==
* ''With Little Light and Sometimes None at All'' (Littoral Books, 2023)
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* ''Penetralia''<ref>http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/11/25/penetralia-by-richard-foerster/</ref> ([[Texas Review Press]], 2011)
* ''Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems'' (Tiger Bark Press, 2019)
* ''River Road'' ([[Texas Review Press]], 2015)
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* ''Penetralia''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/11/25/penetralia-by-richard-foerster/|title='Penetralia' by Richard Foerster|date=25 November 2012}}</ref> ([[Texas Review Press]], 2011)
* ''The Burning of Troy'' ([[BOA Editions, Ltd.]], 2006)
* ''The Burning of Troy'' ([[BOA Editions, Ltd.]], 2006)
* ''Double Going'' (BOA Editions, 2002)
* ''Double Going'' ([[BOA Editions, Ltd.|BOA Editions]], 2002)
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* ''Trillium'' ([[BOA Editions, Ltd.|BOA Editions]], 1998)
* ''Patterns of Descent'' (Orchises Press, 1993)
* ''Patterns of Descent'' (Orchises Press, 1993)
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* ''Trillium'' (BOA Editions, 1998)
* ''Sudden Harbor'' (Orchises Press, 1992)
* ''Sudden Harbor'' (Orchises Press, 1992)


==Awards & Honors==
==Awards and honors==
* 2011 [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship for Poetry.<ref name="NEA"/>
* 2011 [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship for Poetry.<ref name="NEA"/>
* [[Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship]] (2000/2001)
* [[Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship]] (2000/2001)
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* Hawthornden Fellowship (1997)
* Hawthornden Fellowship (1997)
* Maine Arts Commission Fellowship (1997)
* Maine Arts Commission Fellowship (1997)
* National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowship (2011, 1995)
* [[National Endowment for the Arts]]: Creative Writing Fellowship (2011, 1995)
* Bess Hokin Prize (1992)
* Bess Hokin Prize (1992)
* ''Discovery''/''The Nation'' Award (1985)
* "Discovery"/''The Nation'' Award (1985)


==References==
==References==
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Richard Foerster
BornOctober 29, 1949
Bronx, New York
OccupationPoet/Editor/Typesetter
NationalityAmerican

Richard Foerster (born October 29, 1949) is an American poet and the author of nine collections.

His most recent poetry collection is With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books, 2023), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Poetry, The Nation, The New England Review, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, The Kenyon Review, Shenandoah, The Southern Review.[1] His honors include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[2] a Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, and the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship. His eighth collection, Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press, 2019), won the 2020 Poetry By the Sea Book Award.

He was founding editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal from 2003 until his departure from the journal in 2007 and was a long-time editor at Chelsea Magazine,[3][4] beginning in 1978. He became editor in 1994, and served in that position until 2001. Foerster received a B.A. in English Literature from Fordham College and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Virginia. He lives in Eliot, Maine.

Published works

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ York Weekly Living/Arts: Library lauds poetry month with guests
  2. ^ a b National Endowment of the Arts 2011 Poetry Fellows Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Richard Foerster
  4. ^ Richard Foerster, Poetry - Issue Three - The Cortland Review
  5. ^ "'Penetralia' by Richard Foerster". 25 November 2012.
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