Robert Lowell and America

About the Book

About the Author

Jerome Mazzaro is an accomplished poet and critic. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and received degrees from the State University of Iowa (M.A. in Creative Writing) and Wayne State University (A.B. and Ph.D.) He has taught at the University of Detroit, the State University of New York, Bennington College, and San Diego State College. In 1964, he was awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and he has served as Editor and Contributing Editor for a number of journals. His books include a verse translation of Juvenal’s Satires, critical studies on Robert Lowell, the Renaissance English Lyric, William Carlos Williams, Luigi Pirandello, and Dante as well as four volumes of poetry. In 1996, he retired from the State University of New York at Buffalo and currently lives in Manhattan.