About
New York-born poet best known for works such as Lush Life and Goods and Services. He collaborated on Recent Visitors and Hymns of St. Bridget with, respectively, Joe Brainard and Frank O'Hara.
Before Fame
He attended Brown University and Columbia University and briefly worked as an editorial associate for ARTnews.
Trivia
He published a 1999 memoir entitled Young Manhattan.
Family Life
With his first wife Lynn O'Hare, he had two children. He later married Constance Lewallen and settled in San Francisco, California.
Associated With
Kenneth Koch encouraged Berkson to write poetry.
