The Friends of Cedarmere, William Cullen Bryant’s historic home on Long Island, have announced that Jesse Curran has been named 2023 Poet-in-Residence. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.
Curran was selected by judge Judith Baumel, a poet, translator, critic and retired founding director of the Adelphi University’s Creative Writing Program.
Jesse Curran’s interests, poetry and writing on art, ecology and literature correspond well with William Cullen Bryant’s poetry centered on the natural world and his support of American artists and the founding of art organizations, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Press Release in The New York Almanack: https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/06/william-cullen-bryants-cedarmere/