Bill Kushner

{{Short description|American poet}}

William Kushner (1931 in Bronx, New York – August 15, 2015 in New York City, New York) was an American poet associated with the New York School. He is the author of the following books of verse; Night Fishing (1980),{{cite web|url=http://www.softblow.org/billkushner.html|title=SOFTBLOW - Bill Kushner|work=softblow.org}} Head (1986), Love Uncut (1990), He Dreams of Waters (2000), That April (2000), In Sunsetland with You (2007), Walking After Midnight (2011 Spuyten Duyvil) and several other volumes.{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/08/remembering-the-elegant-bill-kushner-1931-2015/|title=Remembering the Elegant Bill Kushner, 1931-2015|author=Poetry Foundation|work=Harriet: The Blog}} His poem "Great" was included in Best American Poetry 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedartistsbooks.com/catalogue/kushner_bill-2.html|title=United Artists Books|work=unitedartistsbooks.com}} Jeffrey Cyphers Wright said in writing on his collection "Walking After Midnight" in the Brooklyn Rail, " This unblinking collection is a tour of whistle stops under a strobe light".{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/11/books/rapid-transitnov11|title=RAPID TRANSIT|author=Jeffrey Cyphers Wright|work=brooklynrail.org}}

Kushner died in August 2015 at the age of 84.