STANLEY MOSS was born in Woodhaven, New York in 1925. He was educated at Trinity College and Yale University. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His books include The Wrong Angel (1966), The Skull of Adam (1979), The Intelligence of Clouds (1989), Asleep in the Garden (1997), A History of Color (2003), Songs of Imperfection (2004), New and Selected Poems (2006), Rejoicing (2009), God Breaketh Not All Men’s Hearts Alike (2011), No Tear is Commonplace (2013), It’s About Time (2015), Almost Complete Poems (2016), Abandoned Poems (2018), God Breaketh Not All Men’s Hearts Alike: New and Selected Poems 1948 - 2019 (2019), Act V, Scene I (2020), Not Yet (2021), Always Alwaysland (2022), Cat, Dog, and Bird Songs, written with Emily Fragos, (2022), My Sporting Life (2023), and Goddamned Selected Poems (2024). He is translated into German by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, into Chinese by Fu Hao, and into Spanish by Valarie Mejer. He has taught in Italy, Spain, Japan, China, and Mexico. 

Moss worked as an editor for New Directions, Botteghe Oscure in Rome, New American Library, Bookweek at the New York Herald Tribune, and the New American Review. In 1977 he founded Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit publisher that publishes poetry and belles lettres. He made his living as a private art dealer, largely in Spanish and Italian Old Masters. He last lived in Clinton Corners, New York with his wife Jane.