Richard Levine Biography

Richard Levine, a retired NYC teacher, is the author of Now in Contest, Selected Poems, Contiguous States, and five chapbooks. An Advisory Editor of BigCityLit.com, he is the recipient of the 2021 Connecticut Poetry Society Award, and was co-editor of "Invasion of Ukraine 2022: Poems." His poetry has appeared in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry column and can be found on the Poetry Foundation and the American Academy of Poets websites. In addition, his work is archived in LaSalle University's Special Collections Library. A Vietnam veteran, he has written for American Book Review. website: richardlevine107.com.