Editing Art Garfunkel (section)

===Poetry===
Garfunkel, an avid reader and [[bibliophile]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Official website |url=http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library/list33.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727163242/http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library/list33.html |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2014 |publisher=Art Garfunkel}}</ref> has said that while growing up the Garfunkel household was not a literary family and that it was not until entering Columbia University in 1959 that he began to "read a million books and became a reader." Thus began his interest in poetry.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Official website |url=http://www.artgarfunkel.com/articles/1989.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001644/http://www.artgarfunkel.com/articles/1989.html |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |access-date=July 25, 2014 |publisher=Art Garfunkel}}</ref>

Garfunkel's poetic career began in 1981 while on the Simon & Garfunkel 1981–1982 tour in Switzerland. He was riding a motorcycle and began writing a poem describing the countryside. In 1989, ''Still Water'', Garfunkel's collection of prose poetry, was released to acclaim. Topics included his depression over the loss of his father; Laurie Bird, his companion who committed suicide; his friendship with Paul Simon; and the joy of returning to music.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Garfunkel's website contains a year-by-year listing of every book he has read since 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2001 |title=Official website |url=http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library/list1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120192041/http://www.artgarfunkel.com/library/list1.html |archive-date=November 20, 2011 |access-date=November 21, 2011 |publisher=Art Garfunkel}}</ref> Currently the list contains more than 1,000 books. He has also read the entire Random House Dictionary. Garfunkel has an interest in the philosopher [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], having read his book ''[[Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)|Confessions]]'' at least three times (according to Garfunkel's website, the book was the 1st, 252nd, and 1,000th book he read).