Background
Filkins, Peter Joel was born on January 7, 1958 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ronald Cooper and Bernice Beatrice (Mongue) Filkins.
Filkins, Peter Joel was born on January 7, 1958 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ronald Cooper and Bernice Beatrice (Mongue) Filkins.
Bachelor cum laude, Williams College, 1980; Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, 1983.
Instructor English, North Adams (Massachusetts) State College, 1986, 87-88; associate Professor of English, Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1988. Visiting instructor English Hiram (Ohio) College, 1986-1987.
Member American Literature Translators, Associated Writing Programs, Poetry Society of America.
Married Susan Kay Roeper, May 20, 1989. Children: Malina, Isabel.