Lawrence JosephLawrence Joseph was born and raised in Detroit, the grandson of Lebanese and Syrian Catholic immigrants. A graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Michigan Law School, he is the author of manybooks of poetry, including A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems, and two books of prose: Lawyerland, a nonfiction novel, and The Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose. He retired as Tinnelly Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law, and has taught creative writing at Princeton. He lives in New York City. Read More Read Less