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About
An American fiction author, essayist, and poet, he is best known for his work, Angle of Yaw, which was a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award. His debut novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, was nominated for a Los Angeles Times first book award.
Before Fame
He attended Brown University, earning a bachelor's degree in political theory and a master's of fine arts degree in poetry. Early in his career, he received the Hayden Carruth prize for The Lichtenberg Figures, a book of sonnets.
Trivia
He taught at Brooklyn College after leaving the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh.
Family Life
He was raised in Topeka, Kansas. His mother, Harriet Lerner, was a famous psychologist.
Associated With
He named his novel, Leaving the Atocha Station, after a John Ashbery poem.
