Mentor, teacher, and friend to generations of artists and writers, STANLEY KUNITZ is often cited by other poets as the model of what a poet's life can be. His Collected Poems (2000), published when he was 95, attests to his fierce refusal to rest on his accomplishments. Awarded nearly every major honor bestowed upon a poet, including the Pulitzer and Bollingen Prizes, the National Medal of Arts, and the U.S. Poet Laureateship, he has never ceased evolving as a poet, writing some of his most celebrated work in his eighties and nineties. His selfless dedication to nurturing the many arts and artists he loves is most evident in his work as founder of both the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Poets House in New York City.