What is Gerald Stern?
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | name = Gerald Stern | image = Stern, Gerald.JPG | image_size = 220px | caption = Gerald Stern at the [[Miami Book Fair International]] in 2011 | alt = Image of Gerald Stern wearing a hat | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|02|22}} | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States | occupation = poet, essayist, educator | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|10|28|1925|02|22}} | death_place = New York, NY | resting_place = | nationality = American | alma_mater = [[University of Pittsburgh]] (BA)<br />[[Columbia University]] (MA)<br />[[University of Paris]] | notableworks = | spouse = Patricia Miller (m.1952, divorced) | partner = [[Anne Marie Macari]] | children = 2, Rachael, David | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }} '''Gerald Stern''' (February 22, 1925 - October 28, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] [[poet]], [[essayist]] and educator. He was the author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays. Stern taught [[literature]] and [[creative writing]] at [[Temple University]], [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]], [[Raritan Valley Community College]], and [[Iowa Writers' Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pennsylvania Center for the Book|url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Stern__Gerald|access-date=2023-01-13|website=pabook.libraries.psu.edu}}</ref> From 2009, Stern was the distinguished poet-in-residence and a member of the faculty of [[Drew University]]{{'}}s graduate program for a [[Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) in poetry. In 2000, New Jersey Governor [[Christine Todd Whitman]] appointed Stern as the state's first [[poet laureate]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gerald Stern|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/gerald-stern|access-date=2023-01-13|website=American Academy o