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Tony Sanders (2 May 1957, in New York City – 11 February, 2015) is an American poet.
Life
Born on May 2, 1957 in New York City, he was educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Yale University, The Iowa's Writer's Workshop and University of Houston. Sanders published four collections of poetry, including the collection of prose poems Subject Matters, and a collaboration of verse with his dear friend and fellow poet Chard deNiord. Sanders' poetry appeared in numerous publications including Poetry, Paris Review, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review and The New York Times Book Review. Ten of his poems were nominated for Pushcart Prizes.
He lived in New York City and Vermont. Sanders was a member of The National Arts Club and Poets House. He is survived by two sons, Matthew and Jack Sanders, as well his sisters Jody Foote and Barbara Bradley, and brother Malcom Sanders.
Awards
- 1992 Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry
Works
- Partial eclipse: a book of poetry. University of North Texas Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-929398-81-5.
- Transit authority: poems. Grove Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8021-3677-0.
- Warning Track. Turtle Point Press. 2004. ISBN 1-885586-96-5.
Anthologies
- Richard Howard, David Lehman, eds. (1995). The Best American Poetry 1995. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-80151-3.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)