"[1] Longenbach published six volumes of poetry including Earthling (2017), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
His poems also appeared in many magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Nation, and The Yale Review, as well as The Best American Poetry 1995 anthology.
Longenbach was married to novelist Joanna Scott (and fellow Trinity graduate) whom he met in Rome, Italy, in 1981.
[2] Scott eventually taught in the English Department of the University of Rochester.
Longenbach died at age 62 from cancer on July 29, 2022, in Stonington, Connecticut.