David Grunner was born in Forest Hills and, for better or worse, still hasn’t left New York City. He is a poet who, from time to time, teaches university philosophy. For nearly a decade he taught high school literature; these days, he sells wine & whiskey.
Forest Hills Stadium, The West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York, 1923
poetry
Some of my poems and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Pearl Press, Sunday Mornings at the River, Lodestars Anthology, and Hyperion. I’m at work on my first book of poems, The Simple Logic of Inheritance, and a chapbook-length cycle of ekphrastic poems, I Shall Endure, that takes up the works of Egon Schiele. Recently published poems include:
“Beneath St. Sebastian in Urbino” Sontag Mag (2024)
“Care or Concern” Pearl Press no. 17 (2023)
“Barns Are Painted Red” Sunday Mornings at the River (Autumn 2022)
“Without Contrail or Trace” Sunday Mornings at the River (Autumn 2022)
“Tubingen” Sunday Mornings at the River (Autumn 2022)
university teaching
Since 2012, I have taught 30+ courses in philosophy at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. Wander here for more about my teaching experience.
This Fall (2024), I will be teaching two undergraduate seminars:
PHIL1000: Philosophy of Human Nature | Course Site
PHIL3000: Philosophical Ethics | Course Site
In the Spring (2025), I will teach one undergraduate seminar:
PHIL3000: Philosophical Ethics | Course Site