Joel Lewis
Joel Lewis edited Bluestones and Salt Hay , an anthology of New Jersey poets, as well as Reality Prime , the selected poems of Walter Lowenfels, and On the Level Everyday , the selected talks of Ted Berrigan. His own poetry collections include NORTH RIVER RUNDOWN, SURRENDER WHEN LEAVING COACH, LEARNING FROM NEW JERSEY, and VERTICAL'S CURRENCY: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. A social worker by day, he has taught writing at The Poetry Project, The Writer's Voice, and Rutgers University. He and his wife,...See more
Joel Lewis edited Bluestones and Salt Hay , an anthology of New Jersey poets, as well as Reality Prime , the selected poems of Walter Lowenfels, and On the Level Everyday , the selected talks of Ted Berrigan. His own poetry collections include NORTH RIVER RUNDOWN, SURRENDER WHEN LEAVING COACH, LEARNING FROM NEW JERSEY, and VERTICAL'S CURRENCY: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS. A social worker by day, he has taught writing at The Poetry Project, The Writer's Voice, and Rutgers University. He and his wife, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, a cinema professor at Rutgers, live in Hoboken, NJ. A loving commentator on things New Jerseyan, MY SHAOLIN: A POEM OF STATEN ISLAND moves his focus to Staten Island. See less