Jeff Friedman is the author of six collections of poetry. He has taught at Keene State College for many years. He is married to the painter Colleen Randall, and they live in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, with their dog. An avid walker, Friedman walks almost every day from two to four hours.

Other poems by Jeff Friedman in Verse Daily:
October 1, 2011:   "Luna Moth" "I thought it was a bat, looking for trouble..."
December 11, 2009:   "Crows" "You came with your dark hats..."
April 22, 2004:  "Taking Down the Angel" "As he ticked off numbers..."

Books by Jeff Friedman:

Other poems on the web by Jeff Friedman:
Three poems
Two poems
Three poems
"Stockboy"
Two poems
"Watching the Bat"
"Note From the Emperor"
"Rain"
"Signature"
"Walking" Jeff Friedman's Website.

Jeff Friedman According to Wikipedia.

About Pretenders:

"Jeff Friedman writes, ‘somebody snuffs a crow / prophesying a century of famine.’ Well, Jeff better watch his back, because it’s prophecy—goofy, fabulist, allegorical, comic, hauntingly honest, and grave as hell—that Friedman’s up to in Pretenders. This is his best book yet."
—Ross Gay