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Pattie McCarthy is the author of five books of poetry: Marybones (Apogee Press, 2012), L&O (Little Red Leaves Press, 2011), Table Alphabetical of Hard Words (Apogee Press, 2010), Verso (Apogee Press, 2004), and bk of h(rs) (Apogee Press, 2002). She received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in Philadelphia and has taught at Loyola University, Queens College of the City University of New York, and Towson University. A 2011 Pew Fellow in the Arts, she currently teaches literature and creative writing at Temple University and lives just outside Philadelphia.
Stanley Miller Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas, on April 8, 1930. Williams first attended...
The first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman is the author of The One for...
Poet and teacher Diana Goetsch is author of the poetry collections The Job of Being...
Prageeta Sharma is the author of Undergloom (Fence Books, 2013); Infamous...
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Adrienne Rich wrote poems examining such things as...
The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of seven...