Kenneth Goldsmith
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Kenneth Goldsmith
American, born 1961
Birth placeFreeport, New York, United States
BiographyKenneth Goldsmith (1961- ) is an American poet. He is founding editor of UbuWeb, teaches Poetics and Poetic Practice at the University of Pennsylvania and is Senior Editor of PENNsound. He hosts a weekly radio show at WFMU and has published eight books of poetry notably Fidget (2000), Soliloquy (2001) and Day (2003). He is editor of I’ll be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews (2004). He resides in New York City with his wife, artist Cheryl Donegan.Goldsmith was born in Freeport, New York. He was trained as a sculptor at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated with a B.F.A in 1984. Goldsmith worked for many years within the art world as a text-based artist and sculptor before breaking with the traditions of his practice to become a writer.
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