Lloyd Schwartz

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Lloyd Schwartz
Portrait of Lloyd Schwartz
Born	(1941-11-29) November 29, 1941 (age 82) Brooklyn
Occupation	University of Massachusetts Boston
Education	Queens College (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Genre	Poetry, Music criticism

Lloyd Schwartz (born November 29, 1941) is an American poet, and the Frederick S. Troy Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He was the classical music editor of The Boston Phoenix, a publication that is now defunct. He is Poet Laureate of Somerville, Massachusetts (2019-2021), Senior Music Editor at New York Arts and the Berkshire Review for the Arts, and a regular commentator for NPR's Fresh Air.