Joseph Parisi

Joseph Parisi joined Poetry magazine in 1976 and was its editor from 1983 to 2003, the longest tenure after that of the magazine's founder, Harriet Monroe. He also served as executive director of Poetry's parent organization, the Modern Poetry Association (now the Poetry Foundation). His most recent books are Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters and The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002, both co-edited with Stephen Young. Mr. Parisi was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2000 and was elected a by-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, in 2002. He lives in Chicago.

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