Richard Levine

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Richard Levine is the author of Now in Contest (Fernwood Press, 2023); Richard Levine: Selected Poems (FutureCycle Press, 2019); Contiguous States (Finishing Line Press, 2018); and five chapbooks: The Cadence of Mercy, A Tide of a Hundred Mountains, That Country’s Soul, A Language Full of Wars and Songs, and Snapshots from a Battle.

He is the recipient of the 2021 Connecticut Poetry Society Award. 

A Vietnam veteran and retired New York City teacher, he has written reviews for American Book Review. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.