David Tucker (poet) explained

David Tucker is an American poet, and news editor.

Life

He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Donald Hall.

He is an assistant managing editor of the Metro section of The Star-Ledger of Newark.^[1]

He married and had a daughter, Calisa. His second marriage was to Beth Johnson; they have two daughters, Emily, and Amy.^[2]

Awards

• 2007 Witter Bynner Fellowship
• Bakeless prize from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference

Works

• "The Dancer", Poetry Foundation
• "Today’s News", Poetry Foundation
• Book: Late for work . registration. David Tucker poet.. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2006. 978-0-618-65868-8 .
• Book: Days When Nothing Happens. Slapering Hol Press. 2003. 978-0-9700277-3-3 .

Notes and References

1. News: His Softer Side. American Journalism Review. December 2005 – January 2006. Matt D. Wilson. 2009-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613051351/http://ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4001. 2010-06-13. dead.
2. News: Looking for Poetry in the Newsroom, and Finding It . DINITIA SMITH. April 5, 2006. The New York Times.