Gerald Stern is an American master ... Stanley Kunitz once told him, “You are the wilderness in American poetry.” Stern’s many accolades include a Guggenheim fellowship, a PEN award, the Paterson ...

Stern is the highly acclaimed author of 16 poetry books, including "Divine Nothingness," "In Beauty Bright" and "This Time: New and Selected Poems," which won the National Book Award for Poetry in ...