Kenward Elmslie

Poet, editor, and performer Kenward Elmslie was born in New York City and raised in Colorado Springs and Washington, DC. His father was a British businessman, and his mother was the daughter of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. Elmslie earned a BA at Harvard University before moving back to New York City, where he became a central figure in the New York School. As the editor of Z Magazine, Elmslie promoted the work of fellow New York School poets John Ashbery, Joe Brainard, Anne Waldman, James Schuyler, and others.