Aaron Fogel


Aaron Moses Fogel is an American poet.

Life

He was raised in New York City.
He graduated from Columbia University, Cambridge University, and Columbia University, with a Ph.D.
Fogel has been on the faculty at Boston University since 1978.
His work has appeared in AGNI, American Poet, Boulevard, Matrix, No, Pequod, The Stud Duck.

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A couple of years ago--would it have been 1995 or ‘96?--carelessly flipping through The Best American Poetry, 1995 I was stopped dead in my tracks by a truly wondrous poem: "The Printer’s Error" by Aaron Fogel. It was deceptively simple, direct, moving and thoroughly astounding, full of political, religious and cultural truth. Who was this Aaron Fogel?