Daniel Hoffman's nine books of poems include Hang-Gliding from Helicon, winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize; his verse novel, Middens of the Tribe; and Brotherly Love, a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. He served as Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress (the appointment now called Poet Laureate of the United States) 1973- 1974 and as Poet in Residence of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York 1988- 1999, administering the American Poets' Corner. He is Felix E. Schelling Professor of English Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, and author of a half dozen books in prose, including Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe- another finalist for the National Book Award- and Zone of the Interior: A Memoir, 1942- 1947.
