Ed Roberson

Awarded June 18, 2026

Poetry Collections and Chapbooks

When Thy King Is a Boy (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970)
Etai-eken (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1975)
Lucid Interval as Integral Music (Harmattan Press, 1984)
Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In (University of Iowa Press, 1995)
Just In: Word of Navigational Challenges: New and Selected Work (Talisman House, 1998)
Atmosphere Conditions (Sun & Moon Press, 2000)
City Eclogue (Atelos, 2006)
The New Wing of the Labyrinth (Singing Horse Press, 2009)
To See the Earth before the End of the World (Wesleyan University Press, 2010)
Closest Pronunciation (Northwestern University Press, 2013)
Asked What Has Changed (Wesleyan University Press, 2021)
MPH and Other Road Poems (Verge Books, 2021)
Aquarium Works (Nion Editions, 2022)
found poem(s), with Ken Taylor (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2024)
Five Poems for a Quartet (Foolscap Poetry, 2025)

Magazine Special Issues

Ed Roberson: American Poet, in Callaloo 33, no. 3 (Summer 2010)
Ed Roberson: Retrievals, in Chicago Review 59, no. 4/60, no. 1 (2016)

Selected Prose

“The Sculpture of Thaddeus Mosley: Four Pieces,” in Hambone 15 (Fall 2000)
“Thad Mosley Sculpture,” in Thaddeus Mosley (Karma Books, 2020)
“Project A Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Pan-Africa,” in New Art Examiner 39, no. 3 (April 2025)