Stanley Moss (June 21, 1925 – July 5, 2024) was an American poet, publisher, and art dealer.

Life and work

Moss was born in Woodhaven, New York, on June 21, 1925, as Stanley David Moskowitz. His father was a high school principal. The family was non-religious, but occasionally celebrated Jewish holidays. A tour of Southern Europe and the Middle East at the age of eight, described in the essay "Satyr Song," greatly affected Moss, exposing him to European painting, Levantine culture, and

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. Moss was hired as an editorial assistant at New Directions in 1949.Dylan Foley. Fall 2005 interview with Stanley Moss as part of Foley's The Last Bohemians project, an oral history initiative created with poet Edward Field. http://lastbohemians.blogspot.com/2012/06/stanley-moss-poet-and-old-masters.html . His first book of poems, ''The Wrong Angel'', was published in 1966. He is the author of sixteen other books of poems: ''The Skull of Adam'' (1979), ''The Intelligence of Clouds'' (1989), ''Asleep in the Garden'' (1997), ''A History of Color'' (2003), ''New & Selected Poems 2006'', and ''God Breaketh Not All Men's Hearts Alike: New & Later Collected Poems'' (2011). Moss was married twice and had one son. On July 5, 2024, he died at a rehabilitation center in

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, at the age of 99.

Bibliography

Poetry

;Collections * ''The Wrong Angel'', Macmillan (1966);

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(1969) * ''The Skull of Adam'', Horizon Press (1979); Anvil Press (1979) * ''The Intelligence of Clouds'',

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(1989); Anvil Press (1989) * ''Asleep in the Garden'',

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(1997); Anvil Press (1998) * ''A History of Color'', Seven Stories Press (2003) * ''Songs of Imperfection'', Anvil Press (2004) * ''New & Selected Poems'', Seven Stories Press (2006) * ''Rejoicing: New and Collected Poems'', Anvil Press (2009) * ''God Breaketh Not All Men's Hearts Alike: New & Later Collected Poems'', Seven Stories Press (2011) * ''No Tear Is Commonplace'', Carcanet (2013) * ''It's About Time'', Hopewell (2015); Carcanet (2015) * ''Almost Complete Poems'', Seven Stories Press (2016); Carcanet (2017) * ''Abandoned Poems'', Seven Stories Press (2018) * ''Act V Scene I'', Seven Stories Press (2020) * ''Not Yet. Poems on China etc., Seven Stories Press (2022) Goddamned Selected Poems, Carcanet (2024) Soon: Collected Poems, Sheep Meadow Press (2024) ;List of poems

As editor

* ''Trilce'' by César Vallejo, translated by Rebecca Seiferle, Sheep Meadow Press (1992) * ''Interviews and Encounters with Stanley Kunitz'', Sheep Meadow Press (1993) * ''To Stanley Kunitz, with Love: From Poet Friends: For His 96th Birthday'', Sheep Meadow Press (2002) * ''A Book for Daniel Stern: By Friends'', co-edited with Pamela M. Diamond, Sheep Meadow Press (2006) * ''Last Day of the Year: Selected Poems'' by Michael Krüger, translated by Karen J. Leeder and Richard Dove, Sheep Meadow Press (2014)

Notes

External links

Stanley Moss website

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1925 births 2024 deaths American male poets American book publishers (people) American art dealers People from Woodhaven, Queens The New Yorker people 20th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American poets 21st-century American male writers Writers from Queens, New York Poets from New York City {{US-poet-1920s-stub