Steven Deutsch spent many years as a professor at Penn State University studying the fluid dynamics of heart assist pumps, mechanical heart valves, and drag reduction. Since retirement, Steve has concentrated, with the help of his critique group, on writing poetry. He has been published in dozens of print and online literary journals. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2017, 2018, and 2021.
Steve is poetry editor of Centered Magazine and was the first Poet-in-Residence at the Bellefonte Art Museum. His chapbook and full collections Perhaps You Can (2019), The Persistence of Memory (2020), Going, Going, Gone (2021), and Slipping Away (2023) were published by Kelsay Books. In 2022, his collection Brooklyn was awarded the Sinclair Poetry Prize from Evening Street Press.
Paperback: 68 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (August 17, 2024)