A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: July 2011
History, Contention, and the Value of Literature
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Congeries - July 2011
History, Contention, and the Value of Literature
Judy Jordan - Poetry
Judy Jordan’s first book of poetry, Carolina Ghost Woods, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Academy of American Poets Walt Whitman Award, the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, the Oscar Arnold Young Book Prize of the Poetry Council of North Carolina, and the Utah Book of the Year Award for Poetry. A book-length poem, 60 Cent Coffee and a Quarter to Dance, was released in 2005 by Louisiana State UP.
Carol Frost - Poetry
Carol Frost’s eleven collections include The Queen's Desertion, I Will Say Beauty, Love and Scorn: New and Selected Poems, and most recently Honeycomb,
Sam Witt - Poetry
Sam Witt was born in Wimbledon, England and lived there until the age of seven, at which time his family moved to America,
Nick Thran - Poetry
Nick Thran is the author of two poetry collections: Every Inadequate Name (Insomniac Press, 2006) which was a finalist for The Gerald Lampert Award
Rebecca McClanahan - Poetry
Rebecca McClanahan has published nine books, most recently Deep Light: New and Selected Poems and The Riddle Song and Other Rememberings,
Julie Carr - Poetry
Julie Carr is the author of four books of poetry, most recently 100 Notes on Violence (winner of the Sawtooth Award),
Blas Falconer - Poetry
Blas Falconer is the author of The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012) and A Question of Gravity and Light (U of Arizona P, 2007)
Judith Baumel - Poetry
Judith Baumel is a poet, critic and translator. She is Professor of English and was Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Adelphi University.
Robert Cording - Poetry
Robert Cording teaches English and creative writing at College of the Holy Cross where he is the Barrett Professor of Creative Writing.
Dannye Romine Powell - Poetry
Dannye Romine Powell is a two-time winner of the Brockman-Campbell Award for the best book of poetry published in the preceding year.
Christopher Davis - Poetry
Christopher Davis received an MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1985 and is professor (full) of creative writing at UNC Charlotte.
Deborah Ager - Poetry
Deborah Ager’s poems have appeared in Birmingham Poetry Review, The Georgia Review, From the Fishouse,