April Bernard is an American

United States

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 poet

Poet

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. She was born and raised in New England

New England

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, and graduated from Harvard University

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. She has worked as a senior editor at Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair (magazine)

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, Premiere

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, and Manhattan, inc. In the early 1990s, she taught at Amherst College

Amherst College

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. In Fall 2003, she was Sidney Harman

Sidney Harman

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 Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College

Baruch College

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. She currently teaches at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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, the Boston Review

Boston Review

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, AGNI

AGNI (magazine)

AGNI is an American literary magazine that publishes poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, interviews, and artwork twice a year in print and biweekly online from its home at Boston University...

, Ploughshares

Ploughshares

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, Parnassus

Parnassus (magazine)

Parnassus: Poetry in Review is an American literary magazine founded in 1973.The magazine states on its website that its aim has been "to provide a forum where poets, novelists, and critics of all persuasions could gather to review new books of poetry, including translations [....

, and The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books

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External links

• "Interview: April Bernard", Reb Livingston, Post Road Magazine, Issue 7
• Audio: April Bernard reads "Beagle or Something" from Romanticism: Poems (2009)
• Audio: April Bernard reads "Heimatlos" from Romanticism: Poems (2009)
• "Song of Yes and No", Baruch College