Michael Burkard

Michael Burkard was born in Rome, New York, in 1947. He is the author of numerous collections, including lucky coat anywhere (Nightboat Books, 2011); Envelope of Night: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1966–1990 (Nightboat Books, 2008); and Unsleeping (Sarabande Books, 2001).

Burkard was the recipient of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award and the Whiting Writers’ Award, as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Foundation for the Arts. He taught at several institutions, including Syracuse University, and was a founding advisory board member of Nightboat Books.

Burkard died on December 23, 2024.