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Robert Fitterman
Writing. Author of nine books of poetry, including three installments of the ongoing poem Metropolis: Metropolis 1 15 (Sun & Moon Press, 2000), Metropolis 16 29 (Coach House Books, 2002), and Metropolis XXX: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edge Books, 2004). Earlier titles include Leases (Periphery Press), among the cynics (Singing Horse Press), and Ameresque (Buck Downs Books). His most recent work, War, the musical, coauthored with design artist Dirk Rowntree, is a book-length poem that appropriates online language to compose a "libretto" aimed at reenacting how Americans process war through media. Wrote the feature film What Sebastian Dreamt with novelist Rodrigo Rey Rosa, selected for Sundance and Lincoln Center Film Festival LatinBeat series (2004). Teaches in the General Studies Program and English Department, New York University; has taught poetry and creative writing at Bennington College and St. Mark's Poetry Project, among others.
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