Richard Marx Weinraub was a Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico. A book of his poetry entitled Wonder Bread Hill was published in 2002 by the University of Puerto Rico Press. His poetry has appeared in many journals including The Paris Review, Asheville Poetry Review, South Carolina Review, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Green Mountains Review, North American Review, Slate, and River Styx. A Spanish translation of Wonder Bread Hill was published by Terranova Press. A chapbook of his poetry entitled Heavenly Bodies was published in 2008 by Poets Wear Prada, and a poem from it was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize. His full-length collection entitled Lapidary was published by Poets Wear Prada in 2013.