David Tucker (poet)
# David Tucker (poet)

David Tucker is an American poet, and news editor.

## Life

He graduated from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Donald Hall.

He is an assistant managing editor of the Metro section of The Star-Ledger of Newark.

He married and had a daughter, Calisa. His second marriage was to Beth Johnson; they have two daughters, Emily, and Amy.

## Awards

* 2007 Witter Bynner Fellowship
* Bakeless prize from the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference

## Works

* "The Dancer", Poetry Foundation
* "Today’s News", Poetry Foundation
* Late for work. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2006. ISBN 978-0-618-65868-8. David Tucker poet.
* Days When Nothing Happens. Slapering Hol Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-9700277-3-3.
