Hugh Seidman Explained

Hugh Seidman (1940 – November 9, 2023) was an American poet.

Life

Seidman was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1940.^[1] He was a graduate of Polytechnic Institute of New York University,^[2] where he studied under Louis Zukofsky.^[3] His first book of poetry was published when Stanley Kunitz selected it as the winner of the 1970 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition.^[3]

Seidman taught writing at the University of Wisconsin, Yale University, Columbia University, the College of William and Mary, The New School.^[4]

His work appeared in The Brooklyn Rail,^[5] Harper's,^[6] The Paris Review,^[7] Virginia Quarterly Review.^[8]

Seidman died on November 9, 2023 after a long illness.^[1]

Awards

• 2004 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press (Western Michigan University) for SOMEBODY STAND UP AND SING
• 2003, 1990 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grant ^[9]
• 1990 Camden Poetry Award (Walt Whitman Center for the Arts)
• 1985, 1972, 1970 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship
• 1971 New York State Creative Artists Public Service grant
• 1970 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition

Selected bibliography

• "Case History: Melancholia", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2000
• "The Daily Racing Form", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2000
• "On the Other Side of the Poem", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2000
• Book: Collecting Evidence. Yale University Press. 1970. 978-0-300-01322-1 .
• Book: People Live, They Have Lives. Miami University Press. Oxford, OH. 1992. 978-1-881163-03-9 .
• Book: Selected Poems: 1965-1995 . Miami University Press. 1995. 978-1-881163-10-7 .
• Book: Throne, Falcon, Eye: Poems. Unmuzzled Ox Press. 978-0-934450-53-9 .
• Book: Blood Lord. Doubleday. 1974. 978-0-385-08172-6. registration.
• 12 views of Freetown, 1 view of Bumbuna, (Half Moon Bay Press), 2003.
• Book: Somebody stand up and sing. New Issues, Western Michigan University. 2005. 978-1-930974-53-1 .

Anthologies

• Book: The Best American poetry. Robert Creeley . David Lehman. 978-0-7432-0385-2. Charles Scribner's Sons. 2002. registration.
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf-5ev0NfT8C&q=Hugh+Seidman&pg=PT175. Yes, Yes, Like Us. Broken land: poems of Brooklyn. Julia Kasdorf . Michael Tyrell. NYU Press. 2007. 978-0-8147-4803-9 .

Criticism

• News: POEMS AND EXCITEMENT. The New York Times. November 8, 1981 . Hugh . Seidman . May 4, 2010.

External links

• "Author's website"
• "INTERVIEW: Hugh Seidman", Jacket 31, October 2006

Notes and References

1. Web site: HUGH SEIDMAN Obituary (2023) - New York, NY - New York Times. Legacy.com.
2. Class Notes . Cable . Fall 2002 . 29 . 4 . 13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141101150307/http://cable.poly.edu/sites/default/files/download/2002fall.pdf . 2014-11-01 . dead.
3. Web site: Hugh Seidman: Poet.
4. Web site: Creative Writing MFA Program in New York .
5. Web site: 3 Sections from TRUE TUNES. November 2004.
6. Web site: Seidman, Hugh (Harper's Magazine). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111118233656/http://harpers.org/subjects/HughSeidman. 2011-11-18.
7. Web site: The Paris Review - Spring 1988 . 2009-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115060010/http://theparisreview.org/viewissue.php/prmIID/106 . 2010-01-15 . dead .
8. Web site: VQR » Will, Change, and Power in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich . 2009-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091010133931/http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2006/spring/seidman-will-change/ . 2009-10-10 . dead .
9. Web site: NYFA Interactive - New York Foundation for the Arts . 2009-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615145448/http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_artists_detail.asp?pid=4971 . 2011-06-15 . dead .