Lawrence Raab

Lawrence Raab (born 1946, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American poet.

Life Raab graduated from Middlebury College in 1968, and from Syracuse University with an MA in 1972. He taught at American University (1970 to 71), University of Michigan, and Williams College (1976 to present). His work has appeared in The New Yorker and the Virginia Quarterly Review. . What We Don't Know About Each Other (1993) was selected for the National Poetry Series by Stephen Dunn and was also a finalist for the National Book Award. His 2015 collection Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts was longlisted for the National Book Award and named one of the ten best poetry books of 2015 by The New York Times. The Poetry Foundation has described his work as "conversational yet precise," with lyrical meditations that trace human fallibility and doubt. In addition to his poetry, Raab has written screenplays, including The Distances (1967) and Or I'll Come to You (1968). He lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Awards 1992 National Poetry Series, for What we don't know about each other 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship

Poetry collection