Jon Anderson

Poet Jon Anderson was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. He earned a BA at Northeastern University and an MFA at the University of Iowa. During his lifetime, Anderson published seven volumes of poetry, including Day Moon (2001), The Milky Way: Poems 1967–1982 (1983), the National Book Award–nominated Death & Friends (1970), and Looking for Jonathan (1968). His poetry has been featured in numerous anthologies, including The New American Poets (1960), The Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets (1985), and The American Poetry Anthology (1983). Anderson’s honors included a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award. (Source)