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STRONG TRACK RECORD: His Early Poems (2002), with a preface by John Hollander, sold well nationally in America. He was selected to the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets in 1984, and his 1986 book in that series, The Tradition, was republished in 2015 in the Princeton Legacy Series. He has appeared in four volumes of the annual Best American Poetry anthology series and in The Best of the Best American Poetry edited by Harold Bloom.HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD: Moritz is revered and respected by students and colleagues alike in the academic world, and is well-known as a mentor who has been a positive force in the careers of dozens and dozens of emerging poets.ONE OF ANANSI'S MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED POETS: Moritz has been called "one of the best poets of his generation" by the influential American critic and poet John Hollander, and has been ranked alongside Anne Carson by Harold Bloom, who calls him "a true poet." An extremely prolific poet, Moritz's previous collections have represented some of Anansi's best-selling poetry, and have won many prestigious Canadian poetry awards: the Griffin Poetry Prize (The Sentinel), the ReLit Award (Night Street Repairs), the Raymond Souster Award, Poetry magazine's Bess Hokin Prize, and the Southwest Review's Elizabeth Matchett Stover Award. His collected poems, The Sparrow, received a starred review from Quill & Quire. He is also a three-time finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. TORONTO'S POET LAUREATE: In 2019, A. F. Moritz began a three-year term as Poet Laureate of the City of Toronto. This position guarantees plenty of media attention and new poetry opportunities.