Lloyd Schwartz is the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the longtime classical music and arts critic for NPR’s Fresh Air and Boston’s public radio station WBUR. In 2019 he was appointed poet laureate of Somerville, Massachusetts, and continues in that position. His other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, and Academy of American Poets for his poetry, the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his reviews in The Boston Phoenix, and three ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards for his writing on music. His poems have been selected for the Pushcart Prize, The Best American Poetry, and The Best of the Best American Poetry. He has published five books of poetry and a collection of his music reviews and has edited three volumes dedicated to the poetry and prose of Elizabeth Bishop. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Ploughshares, and numerous other periodicals. His most recent collection is Who’s on First? New and Selected Poems (University of Chicago Press).