Donald Berger studied literature and writing at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Brown University, and the University of Washington. He is the author of seven books of poetry. His poems and prose have appeared in The New Republic, Slate, Conjunctions, Fence, The Iowa Review, The New York Times, The Believer, and other publications including some from Berlin, Leipzig, Budapest, Hong Kong, and mainland China. He was formerly Administrative Director and Lecturer in the University of Maryland’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
Book of Poems & Chapbooks
- Book of poems, The Rose of Maine, Survision Books, 2024
- Book of poems, Pizza Necklace, Foundlings Press, 2023
- Book of poems, The Long Time, bilingual edition, March 2014 by Wallstein Verlag, Goettingen, Germany.
- Book of poems, Quality Hill, Lost Roads Publishers, Providence, RI, 1993
- Chapbook, Or Purchase a Star, Berlin, Germany 2009
- Chapbook, The Cream-Filled Muse, Fledermaus Press, Providence, RI, 1988
Poems and prose published in the following magazines and newspapers
- Gone Soft, Spectrum, a...Magazine,Seattle Review
- Mothers of Mud,Massachusetts Review
- Zeitschrift für Alles (Berlin)
- Ironwood
- Caliban
- Zerograph
- Route One
- The Alembic
- Colorado Review
- The New Republic
- The New American Poets: A Breadloaf Anthology. Slate, 2000 (Budapest)
- Shampoo, Conjunctions,TriQuarterly, Begriffstudio (Berlin)
- The Iowa Review
- Poetry International Web
- Arlington Literary Journal
- Takoma Voice
- Faculty Voice
- Poetry Without Borders 2, poet (Leipzig)
- Arlington Literary Journal
- Poet Lore, The Sligo Journal
- Narrative 4/Esquire, augustone2013.blogspot.co.uk
- Limen (Osnabrueck, Germany)
- Or, Fence, Beltway Poetry Quarterly
- Innisfree Poetry Journal
- Smartish Pace,Foundlings
- Hopkins Review
- SAND Journal (Berlin)
- New American Writing, Cha (Hong Kong, 2018)
- Voice and Verse (Hong Kong)
- Work (Guangzhou, China 2019)
- Writer (Changchun, China)
- Peony (Luoyang, China)
- Conduit, The New York Times
- The Believer
- New American Writing
- Best American Poetry blog “Pick of the Week”
- Chicago Review
- The Nervous Breakdown, Alonsoville Voice
- R&R
- Poetry readings at Cranston (R.I.) Public Library
- Barrington (R.I.) Public Library; Brown University
- Rhode Island School of Design
- St. Johnsbury Academy (Vermont)
- The Ear Inn Poetry Series (New York)
- Word of Mouth Series–Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Writers Here and Now Series–University of Maryland College Park
- Black Cow Series–Croton, New York
- American Academy of Rome
- Hirschorn Museum–Washington, D.C. (day-long reading/workshop on writing about art)
- Writers Center–Bethesda, Maryland
- Institute for Advanced Study (Berlin)
- Associated Writing Programs National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
- New City Hall Commemoration, inaugural poem, Takoma Park, Maryland
- Third Thursday Series, Takoma Park, Maryland
- Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- Literaturbüro Westniedersachsen;; Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin
- Upshur Street Bookstore, Washington, DC
- Blabbermouth Series, Baltimore; Johns Hopkins University
- DC-Area Literary Translators Network
- Translation Conference at Montgomery College
- Takoma Park, Maryland; Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore
- Atomic Books, Baltimore; Writers Center, Bethesda, Maryland
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Swing a Cat Series, Hong Kong
- Italy Aloud!, Hong Kong
- Hot L Poetry Series, Bird in Hand Bookshop, Baltimore
- Humanities in the Village Series, Baltimore
- Lesebuch Series, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
- Book release party for Jocelyn Garlington, Normals Bookshop, Baltimore
- Hidden Palace Reading Series, Baltimore
- R&R Launch, New York
- Poem “Tom Madigan” presented at Come Shining, an invitational multi-media exhibit at Poets Theater, New York, December 1997
- Introduction of John Ashbery and Anne Carson–Folger Poetry Series, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 1997
- Introduction of August Kleinzahler—American Academy of Berlin December, 2000
- Introduction of John Ashbery—Distinguished Lecturer Series, University of Maryland, March 2003
- Introduction of C.D. Wright–Folger Shakespeare Library, April, 2003
- Panelist and reader– Confluence 2016: Translation in the Capital Area, Hirschorn Museum, Washington D.C. September, 2016