Bob Perelman

Bob Perelman (born December 2, 1947) is an American poet, critic, editor, and teacher. He was an early exponent of the Language poets, an avant-garde movement, originating in the 1970s. He has helped shape a "formally adventurous, politically explicit poetic practice in the United States", according to one of his chroniclers. Perelman is professor of English emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bob Perelman
Perelman in 2008.
Born (1947-12-02) December 2, 1947
Youngstown, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, Iowa Writers' Workshop. University of California at Berkeley
Occupations
  • Poet
  • literary critic
  • professor
Websitehttps://www.english.upenn.edu/people/bob-perelman
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