In 1963, Grove Press published Edward Field’s first poetry collection, Stand Up, Friend, with Me. Since then, his many published works have included the poetry collections Variety Photoplays (1967), A Full Heart (1977), New and Selected Poems, From the Book of My Life (1987), Counting Myself Lucky (1992), and After the Fall (2007). In addition, he has edited poetry anthologies and co-written fiction with Neil Derrick, his partner of almost six decades. In 2005, Field published a literary memoir, The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag: And Other Intimate Portraits of the Bohemian Era, and in 2008, Kabuli Days: Travels in Old Afghanistan. His papers are held by the University of Delaware.

Find out more about Edward Field in an interview with Terry Stoller. Profile in the Arts

Terry Stoller spoke with Edward Field in February 2017 about his decision to become a poet, his first “teacher,” the effects of New Criticism on poetic language and subject matter, his pursuing his own direction with his writing, the challenges of being a gay poet in the early days, and the blessings of his later years.

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