Donald Justice was the author of eight books of poetry, the first five of which are represented in his New and Selected Poems, published in 1995 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. He was born in Miami, Florida, in 1925 and earned degrees from the University of Miami (B.A. 1945), where he studied musical composition with Carl Ruggles, the University of North Carolina (M.A. 1947), and the University of Iowa (Ph.D. 1954). He also conducted postgraduate study at Stanford University from 1948-49. Before retiring in 1992, he held teaching positions at The University of Florida, The University of Miami, The University of Iowa, and Syracuse University among other institutions.
