A.M. Juster

A.M. Juster has published two books of original poetry and four books of translated poetry.  His most recent books are Saint Aldhelm’s Riddles,Sleaze & Slander,and The Billy Collins Experience;forthcoming will be The Elegies of Maximianus. He has won the Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award three times, the Richard Wilbur Award, the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, and has received other recognition, including two honorary degrees.  Juster is the pen name of Mike Astrue who served in senior roles in four White House administrations, including as Commissioner of Social Security, General Counsel of Health and Human Services, and Associate Counsel to the President.  He is a board member of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.