Graham Everett

Graham Everett (born December 23, 1947) is an American poet, professor, publisher, musician, and artist.

Early life and education Everett was born in Oceanside, New York, the second son, third child of James H. and Jacqueline (Vaughan) Everett. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Canisius College, and a master's degree and doctorate in English from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

He married Elyse Arnow in 1981. They have a son, Logan.

Career Everett founded Street Press in 1974 and published books, chapbooks, and broadsides for a variety of poets, mostly from Long Island, including Vince Clemente, Michelle Cusumano, Richard Elman, Ray Freed, Dan Giancola, Jack Micheline, Annabelle Moseley, Dan Murray, Allen Planz, R.B. Weber, and Claire White. He was also the founding editor of Street magazine.

Everett served as the interim director of the Poetry Center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Everett was a faculty member in the General Studies Program at Adelphi University, where he taught classes in critical reading and writing, expository writing, and the world of ideas. He was named Long Island Poet of the Year by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association in 2015.

In 1996, he joined the poetry band Middle Class, with Everett on microphone, Janene Gentile on bass, Demoy Shilling on guitar, and Raymond Kruse on drums. Everett wrote the lyrics to their songs. The name of the band was a nod to the group members' economic class and middle age.

As an artist, Everett is a collagist and a prolific producer of mail art.

In 2006 he donated his archive to Stony Brook University.