James Richardson

James Richardson (born January 1, 1950) is an American poet.

Career and education James Richardson is an American poet and critic. He is a retired Professor of English & Creative Writing at Princeton University, where he had taught since 1980. He grew up in Garden City, New York and attended Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude in 1971. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1975.

Richardson is the author of several collections of poetry, criticism, and aphorisms, and has been awarded or nominated for some of the top awards in American literature, including the Jackson Poetry Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

His work has appeared in multiple editions of The Best American Poetry, and in publications including The New Yorker, Paris Review, and Slate.

Awards

Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Robert H. Winner Award, Poetry Society of America Cecil Hemley Award, Poetry Society of America Emily Dickinson Award, Poetry Society of America NEH Fellowship New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship 1991 National Poetry Series National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, for Interglacial: New and Selected Poems and Aphorisms 2010 National Book Award finalist for By the Numbers 2011 Jackson Poetry Prize (awarded by Poets & Writers)