David Budbill was an American poet and playwright, the author of eight books of poems, eight plays, a novel, a collection of short stories, a picture book for children, and dozens of essays, introductions, speeches, and book reviews. He also served as an occasional commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. His collection of narrative poems, Judevine, was published in 1991. His honors and prizes include an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from New England College in 2009, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry in 1981, a National Endowment for the Arts Play Writing Fellowship in 1991, The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award for Fiction in 1978, and The Vermont Arts Council's Walter Cerf Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in 2002. David Budbill's newest book of poems, Tumbling Toward the End, was the 4th in a series of books from Copper Canyon Press. Park Songs: a Poem/Play, his most recen
