[1] He is the author of eight collections of poetry, including The Inside of an Apple (which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award), Take It, Shake, and Things Are Happening, which won the first annual Honickman-APR book award.

He has collaborated with Matthew Rohrer on live improvised poems, collected in the book Nice Hat.

[4] Beckman is an editor at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Poker by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award, as well as multiple co-translations with Alejandro de Acosta.

Beckman is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize.

It featured a tour of contemporary poets, traveling by a 40-foot biodiesel bus, who stopped to perform in 50 North American cities over the course of 50 days.