David Swerdlow

David Swerdlow (he/him) is the author of the collections Nightstand (Broadstone Books, 2023), Bodies on Earth (WordTech Editions, 2010), and Small Holes in the Universe (WordTech Editions, 2003), as well as the novel Television Man (Czykmate Productions, 2019). His poetry has been published in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, Ohio Review, West Branch, Laurel Review, and other publications. He has been supported by grants and awards from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Swerdlow served as a Fulbright professor of American literature in Peru and as a faculty member with Semester at Sea on two voyages. In 2023, he co-directed the James Wright Poetry Festival in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Swerdlow is professor of English at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.