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Full Name: Robert Hershon
Biography:
(1936-2021) Poet. Robert Hershon published more than a dozen books of poems and his work appeared in such publications as The Nation, The New York Times, American Poetry Review, and New American Writing, as well as many anthologies. Mr. Hershon won two writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and three from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He was a founder and an editor of Hanging Loose Press.
Author's Timeline:
2000 (Unknown) County
The German Lunatic
(Pub: Hanging Loose Press ISBN: 1882413717 / 978-1882413713 )
Collection of poetry. 
2006 (Unknown) County
Calls From The Outside World
(Pub: Hanging Loose Press ISBN: 1931236577 / 978-1931236577 )
Collection of poetry. 
1994 (Unknown) County
Into a Punchline: Poems 1984-1994
(Pub: Hanging Loose Press ISBN: 1882413075 / 978-1882413072 )
Collection of poetry. 
1936 Kings County
Robert Myles Hershon was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 28, 1936. 
1957 New York County
Mr. Hershon earned a bachelor's degree from New York University in 1957. 
2021 Kings County
Robert Hershon died at a hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on March 20, 2021. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Grocery Lists
(Pub: The Crossing Press ISBN: 091227820X / 978-0912278209 )
Collection of poetry. 
1980 (Unknown) County
The Public Hug
(Pub: Louisiana State University Press ISBN: 0807105988 / 978-0807105986 )
Collection of poetry. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Atlantic Avenue
(Pub: Unicorn Press ISBN: )
Collection of poetry. 
1985 (Unknown) County
How to Ride on the Woodlawn Express
(Pub: Sun Press ISBN: 0915342472 / 978-0915342471 )
Collection of poetry. 
2013 (Unknown) County
Goldfish and Rose
(Pub: Hanging Loose Press ISBN: 1934909300 / 978-1934909300 )
Collection of poetry. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Little Red Wagon Painted Blue
(Pub: Unicorn Press ISBN: 0877750394 / 978-0877750390 )
Collection of poetry. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Rocks and Chairs
(Pub: Some of Us Press ISBN: 0914610198 / 978-0914610199 )
Collection of poetry. 

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