The Poetry Society salutes Daniel Halpern

On the Poetry Society's blog, Alice Quinn reports on her night spent celebrating the influential poet and editor:

Last Thursday May 6th, the Poetry Society of America joined forces with the Academy of American poets and NYU's Creative Writing Program to honor Daniel Halpern on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Ecco Press.

John Ashbery, Anthony Bourdain, Janie Fink, Richard Ford, Jorie Graham, Bob Hass, Campbell McGrath, and Joyce Carol Oates came together in a sweetly conspiratorial spirit to read favorite poems by Dan and to pay tribute to the spectacularly influential editor and publisher, and the audience of 400 or so appreciated every word . . .