HARVEY SHAPIRO published his first book of poetry in 1953. He taught at Cornell University and Bard College before joining the staffs of Commentary and The New Yorker. In 1957 he became an editor of The New York Times Magazine and was editor of The New York Times Book Review from 1975 until 1983. He lived in Brooklyn, New York. NORMAN FINKELSTEIN is a poet and critic, and Shapiro's literary executor. He is a professor of English at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.