The Rose of Maine

Donald Berger was born in New York City. He has taught at the University of Maryland and Montgomery College and currently teaches writing at Johns Hopkins University. The author of The Long Time a bilingual edition in English and German (Wallstein Press 2015) Quality Hill (Lost Roads Publishers 1993) and The Cream-Filled Muse (Fledermaus Press 1988) he has also authored two chapbooks Pizza Necklace (Foundlings Press 2023) and Or Purchase a Star (Berlin Collaborations 2009). His poems and prose appear in The New Republic The New York Times Slate Conjunctions Colorado Review Fence Ironwood The Iowa Review etc. This book won the James Tate Poetry Prize 2023.