Alan Gilbert is the author of three poetry books,The Everyday Life of Design(Studio/SplitLevel Texts),The Treatment of Monuments(SplitLevel Texts) andLate in the Antenna Fields(Futurepoem Books). He is the recipient of a Creative Capital/ Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry and a Creative Capital Foundation Award for Innovative Literature.

He is the website editor for BOMB Magazine and adjunct associate professor in Columbia University’s MFA writing program.

Gilbert’s reading is presented as part of the Seavey Reading Series, which provides students with unparalleled access to acclaimed authors through readings and classroom activities.