Portrait of Barry Goldensohn

Barry Goldensohn

Barry Goldensohn (1937–2023) published six poetry collections and numerous essays. His last book was a volume of poems about music, The Listener Aspires to the Condition of Music. His work appeared in The New York Review of Books, AGNI, Salmagundi, and elsewhere. Goldensohn taught at Goddard College, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hampshire College, and Skidmore College.

AGNI has published the following work:

Fugitive’s Night Song

Poetry by Barry Goldensohn

The Religion of Art Revisited

Poetry by Barry Goldensohn

Dichterliebe, for Voice and Piano

Poetry by Barry Goldensohn

Melville’s The Confidence Man and His Descendants in David Mamet’s Work

Essay by Barry Goldensohn

David Mamet and Poetic Language in Drama

Essay by Barry Goldensohn

Sweet Town

Poetry by Barry Goldensohn

Fixing It

Poetry by Barry Goldensohn
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