Kyle Schlesinger is an American poet, book publisher and illustrator. Born in Providence, Rhode Island he holds a BA from Goddard College and Ph.D. in English from the University at Buffalo where he studied with Robert Creeley, Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, and other faculty in the Poetics Program. Schlesinger is the author of Hello Helicopter (BlazeVox, 2007) and Mantle (Atticus Finch, 2005 w/ Thom Donovan). His artists' books include Schablone Berlin (Chax Press, 2005 w/ Caroline Koebel), which includes art by Sixten (street artist), A Book of Closings (2004) and Moonlighting (2005).
