Tyler Richard, Class of 2006

A Poet and He Knows It 

Since graduating from SAA, Tyler Richard has “observed time and time again that The Academy’s values of honesty and kindness inspire respect more effectively than any amount of skill or knowledge can.”

Tyler credits Mr. Moore as being the first person to kindle within him a love of language and literature that eventually culminated in his decision to study, write, and edit poetry for the rest of his life. He said, “Mr. Moore taught me that fiction and poetry are vast treasures of shimmering, awesome wonders.”

Tyler’s love of poetry has taken him to Harvard College, where he received a B.A. in Philosophy & South Asian Studies. Currently, Tyler is a PhD student at Harvard, where he studies Sanskrit and Tamil Poetry and Poetics. He has also studied poetry with John Ashbery in Hudson, New York.

Tyler served as President and Poetry Editor of The Harvard Advocate, Harvard’s undergraduate literary magazine. He now serves as the Associate Editor of NAT.BRUT, an online art and literary magazine based in Dallas.