David Burr

David Stanford Burr authored Ledger Domain (poems) (New York Quarterly Books, 2019), The Poet’s Notebook: Inspiration Techniques, and Advice on Craft (Running Press 2000), and was the selection editor of seven hardcover poetry anthologies. He taught at New York University as an adjunct associate professor leading poetry workshops for twenty-five years, was a managing editor at Macmillan Publishers for thirty-six years, and has edited 296 poetry books, including the last sixteen Best American Poetry series annuals. He has a second MS making the contest rounds. His current project is a collection of his own World War I poems from the perspective of the British Expeditionary Force in the trenches on the Western Front. https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/david_stanford_burr