Robert Polito , editor, is a poet, biographer, and critic whose books include Doubles , Hollywood & God , A Reader\'s Guide to James Merrill\'s The Changing Light at Sandover , and Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson , for which he received a National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar Award.
He directs the Graduate Writing Program at the New School in New York City..
Robert Polito , editor, is a poet, biographer, and critic whose books include Doubles , Hollywood & God , A Reader\'s Guide to James Merrill\'s The Changing Light at Sandover , and Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson , for which he received a National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar Award