Jason Shinder

Jason Shinder (1955-2008) is an American poet who founded the YMCA National Voice and authored several books.

Shinder was born in Brooklyn New York in 1955 [http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/407 Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Jason Shinder ] ] , and published his first literary work in 1993, with the release of "Every Room We Ever Slept In," which became a New York Public Library Notable Book.

Shinder went on to author "Among Women" and "Uncertain Hours," he also edited numerous anthologies, including "The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later" and "The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them."

Awards and Accomplishments

In addition to founding and directing the National Voice, Shinder also served as director of the Sundance Institute Writing Program, as a teacher in the graduate writing program at Bennington College, as a graduate teacher at New School University, and was a Poet Laureate of Provincetown. Shinder also earned a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2007.

Shinder died in April 2008.

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