David Tucker (poet)

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.

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

Awards

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

Works

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