Richard Garcia
Richard Garcia is the author of five books of poetry, including The Chair (BOA Editions, 2014). He teaches in the Antioch University low-residency MFA program and lives on James Island, South Carolina.
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Read more about Alicia Ostriker >Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937, Alicia Ostriker has been a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. She served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2015 to 2020.
Jonathan Aaron
Read more about Jonathan Aaron >Jonathan Aaron is the author of the poetry collection Journey to the Lost City (Ausable Press, 2006).