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Simon Perchik was born December 24, 1923 in Paterson, New Jersey. He is a graduate of New York University where he received both his B.A. in English and his law degree. Perchik was a pilot during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO Ribbon with three Battle Stars, and the Presidential Unit Citation. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1951 and was in a private law practice until 1975. He served as five years as Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County, New York. Perchik's poetry has, so far as we can determine, appeared in more journals and magazines than other poet in America. Perchik resides in East Hampton, New York.
His poems have appeared in various literary journals including Partisan Review, Poetry, The Nation, The New Yorker, among others. Readers interested in learning more about him are invited to read Magic, Illusion and Other Realities here, which also includes a complete bibliography.
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Shearsman Books: Mr Lucky (1984); Shearsman 19 (1994).
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The Scarecrow Press: Who Can Touch These Knots, New & Selected Poems (1985).
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White Pine Press: The Gandolf Poems (1987).
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Flockophobic Press: Birthmark (1992).
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Dusty Dog Press: Redeeming The Wings (1991); The Emptiness Between My Hands (1993); These Hands Filled With Numbness (1996).
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St. Andrews College Press: Letters To The Dead (1993).
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Pavement Saw Press: Hands Collected (2000). (A reprinting of the above 16 books.); 2nd ed. (2003).
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Stride Publications: Touching The Headstone (2000).
Split/Shift: The Autochthon Poems (2001).
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