Richard Newman (born March 25, 1966) is an American poet and former long-time editor of River Styx.
[1] He is the author of three full-length poetry collections--All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014), Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009), and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005)--and one novel, Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016).
[2][3] Richard Newman was born in Illinois, raised in southern Indiana, a longtime resident of St. Louis, and is now living in Ifrane, Morocco.
He is the author of the poetry collections All the Wasted Beauty of the World (Able Muse, 2014),[4] Domestic Fugues (Steel Toe Books, 2009),[5] and Borrowed Towns (Word Press, 2005);[6] the novel Graveyard of the Gods (Amphorae Press, 2016); and four poetry chapbooks: 24 Tall Boys: Dark Verse for Light Times (Snark Publishing/Firecracker Press, 2007), Monster Gallery: 19 Terrifying and Amazing Monster Sonnets!
[16] Newman earned his MFA at the Brief-Residency Writing Program at Spalding University.