Jonathan Aaron
Jonathan Aaron | |
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| Born | 1941 Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, professor |
| Known for | Poetry collections: Second Sight, Corridor, Journey to the Lost City, Just About Anything |
| Notable work | Second Sight, Corridor, Journey to the Lost City, Just About Anything |
Jonathan Aaron is an American poet and writer who has published four collections of poetry: Second Sight, Corridor, Journey to the Lost City, and Just About Anything.
Life and education
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Aaron earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago and completed his Ph.D. in English at Yale University.
Career
His poetry has been featured in leading literary journals such as The Paris Review, Ploughshares, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, and The Times Literary Supplement.
Aaron served as a professor of Writing and Literature at Emerson College from 1988 until 2015, where he now holds the title of professor emeritus. Additionally, he has taught at Williams College, Yale University, and Harvard University.
Personal life
He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Awards
Aaron was awarded the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship for the 1975-1976 period.
Poetry books
- Just About Anything: New and Selected Poems. Carnegie Mellon, 2025.
- Journey to the Lost City. Ausable Press, 2006.
- Corridor. Wesleyan University Press, 1992.
- Second Sight: Poems. Harper & Row, 1982.
Anthologies
- The Best American Poetry, editions from 1991, 1992, 1998, and 2003
- Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds, edited by Billy Collins (2010)