Fugitive’s Night Song

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.