- Poet known for his spare use of language and free-form style. Associated with the Black Mountain Poets in the 1950s.
- Teacher at the State University of New York at Buffalo for 37 years.
- In 1944 he spent a year in India and Burma with the American Field Service.
- He lost his left eye in accident before he was 5 years old.
- Educated at Harvard.
- He has seven children from three marriages, and one stepchild.
- With his wife, Ann MacKinnon, he set up the publishing company 'Divers Press'.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 137, pages 96-106. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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