Charles Bernstein
was born in Manhattan in 1950. He has published 27 collections of poetry including With Strings ( University of Chicago Press, 2001), Republics of Reality: Poems 1975-1984 (Sun & Moon, 2000) and Controlling Interests (reprinted by Roof in 2004). His essays are included in My Way: Speeches and Poems ( Chicago, 1999) and Content's Dream: Essays 1975-1984 (reprinted by Northwestern University Press, 2001). Bernstein is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Author page: epc.buffalo.edu.