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Gerald Stern was the author of more than twenty collections of poetry and essays. His most recent book of poems were Blessed as We Were: Late Selected and New Poems, 2000 – 2018 (W.W. Norton, 2020). He received numerous awards, including the National Book Award for This Time: New and Selected Poems (W.W. Norton, 1998). He lived in New York City.