DANIEL HALPERN is a poet, publisher, and the founder of Ecco Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. He was the co-founder, along with Paul Bowles, of the literary magazine Antaeus, which he launched while living in Morocco and edited for more than 25 years. He has written nine poetry collections and edited more than 15 books and anthologies. He is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also taught at The New School, Columbia University, and Princeton University. He is currently based in New York and Princeton, New Jersey. Air (Copper Canyon Press) is his latest poetry collection.
