David Sten Herrstrom

Librettist David Sten Herrstrom, a resident of Roosevelt, New Jersey, is a poet, writer, lecturer, and Vice President at Citigroup in New York. His poems have appeared in numerous magazines, such as Columbia: A Journal of Literature & Art, Nimrod, and US1 Worksheets. In addition, his hypertext poems are available on the web at New River, and he has published two books, including Jonah's Disappearance, a sequence of poems with drawings by Jacob Landau. Recipient of a Poetry Fellowship from the NJ State Council on the Arts and a Nimrod prize, his poems have been selected for the Columbia 40th Issue Retrospective and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Since moving to Roosevelt in 1975, he has served on the Board of Education and was a founding board member of the Roosevelt Arts Project, serving for over 15 years as President. David holds a doctorate in English literature from New York University and has taught at Queens College.