Editing Joshua Beckman (section)

==Life==
Joshua Beckman was born in 1971 [[New Haven, Connecticut]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/joshua-beckman|title=Joshua Beckman|date=25 October 2021|website=Poetryfoundation.org|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> and graduated from [[Hampshire College]].<ref name="auto"/>

He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including ''The Inside of an Apple'' (which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), ''Take It'', ''Shake'', and ''Things Are Happening'', which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award. He has collaborated with [[Matthew Rohrer]] on live improvised poems, collected in the book ''Nice Hat. Thanks'' and the audio CD ''Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty'' (which was recorded while on a 25-city tour). As part of their collaboration Beckman and Rohrer also performed an improvised walking tour of the Brooklyn Museum and a class on eavesdropping for the Museum of Modern Art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/04/22/more-eavesdropping-art-poetry-and-everyday-encounters/|title=MoMA &#124; More Eavesdropping: Art, Poetry, and Everyday Encounters|website=Moma.org|access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>  

Beckman is an editor at [[Wave Books]] and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including ''Poker'' by [[Tomaž Šalamun]], which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award, as well as multiple co-translations with Alejandro de Acosta.

Beckman is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize.

A graduate of [[Hampshire College]] in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]], he was the editor of the short-lived literary magazine, ''Object Lesson'', which served as inspiration for subsequent literary and artistic publishing ventures.

He lives in Seattle and New York.