The Telephone

What would we do without our phones?

Edward Field is a WWII vet in the 8th Air Force and shortly after his service began writing poetry in earnest. He has published numerous volumes of poetry, one which received the Lamont Poetry Prize and another the Lambda Award. He edited the anthology A Geography of Poets with Gerald Locklin and Charles Setler. He could play a mean cello, and won an Academy Award for the documentary film To Be Alive for which he wrote the narration. He lives in the Westbeth Artists Community in New York City.