Tom Van de Voorde (Belgium / writes in Dutch) 1974
Tom Van de Voorde (Belgium / writes in Dutch)1974 Tom Van de Voorde was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1974. In 2008, he published his first book of poetry, a collection of "contemporary landscape"...
View ArticleMichael Gizzi (USA) 1949-2010
Michael Gizzi (USA) 1949-2010Born in Schenectady, New York, Michael Gizzi has lived the majority of his life in Providence, Rhode Island and Lenox, Massachusetts. He earned degrees in English and...
View ArticleNiels Frank (Denmark) 1968
Niels Frank (Denmark)1968 Born on February 25, 1963 in Brædstrup, Denmark, Frank received his education from Aarhus University, and at the age of 22 broke upon the literary scene with his collection of...
View ArticleMolly Bendall (USA) 1961
Molly Bendall (USA)1961Molly Bendall was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She worked in family-run restaurants for much of your youth, but she also trained and performed as a ballet dancer. She...
View ArticleGeorge Albon (USA) 1954
George Albon (USA)1954Born in Du Quoin, Illinois, George Albon grew up there and in St. Louis, Missouri. He took a degree in film theory from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. For the last...
View ArticleJonathan Greene (USA) 1943
Jonathan Greene (USA)1943Born in New York City in 1943, Jonathan Geene graduated from Barnard School (now part of Horace-Mann) in Riverdale, New York in 1960. In 1965 he completed his university...
View ArticleArnold de Vos (b. Netherlands / Italy) 1937-2020
Arnold de Vos (b. Netherlands / Italy)1937-2020 The Dutch-born poet Arnold de Vos is an archeologist and a lover of Middle Eastern literature. He lives in Trent. Among his published books are: Uit...
View ArticlePOETRY FOR READERS | Christopher Davis : A History of the Only War [link]
PIPPOETRY FOR READERS Featuring books of poetry and where to order them.today’s title:A History of the Only WarChristopher Davisorder...
View ArticleChristopher Davis (USA) 1960
Christopher Davis (USA)1960Born in Whittier, California, Christopher Davis attended Humboldt State University in northern California from 1979–1981. He received a B.A .in English from Syracuse...
View ArticleMedbh McGuckian (Northern Ireland) 1950
Medbh McGuckian (Northern Ireland)1950Born in Belfast in 1950, Medbh McGuckian was educated at a Dominican convent before becoming a student at Queen's University, studying with Paul Muldoon and Seamus...
View ArticleGuy Bennett (USA) 1960
Guy Bennet (USA)1960Guy Bennett was born in Los Angeles, but grew up in the suburb of Gardena. As a young child, his father left the family, and Bennett and his younger brother—a sickly child who died...
View ArticleMatt Robinson (Canada) 1974
Matt Robinson (Canada)1974Matt Robinson is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who currently works in Residential Life at The University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB. His most recent collection of...
View ArticleKelvin Corcoran (England) 1956
Kelvin Corcoran (England)1956Born in England in 1956, rose to prominence with his first book of poetry, Robin Hood in the Dark Ages, published in 1985. Fourteen subsequent collections were equally...
View ArticleRodrigo Toscano (USA) 1964
Rodrigo Toscano (USA)1964Born in San Diego in 1964, Rodrigo Toscano moved to San Francisco in 1995, where he lived for four years, working as a social worker and labor activist. He now lives in...
View ArticleJennifer Moxley (USA) 1964
Jennifer Moxley (USA)1964Jennifer Moxley was born in San Diego, California in 1964. At 18 she worked as an au pair in France for a year, after which she returned to California and studied for three...
View ArticleRod Smith (USA) 1962
Rod Smith (USA)1962Rod Smith was born in Gallipolis, Ohio in 1962 and grew up in Northern Virginia where he attended Stonewall Jackson High School. His first publication of poetry was a Ferlinghetti...
View ArticleMaruyama Kaoru (Japan) 1899-1974
Maruyama Kaoru (Japan)1899-1974Maruyama Kaoru is read little today in Japan or abroad, in part because of Japanese readers' dismissal of him as an "intellectual" poet and because much of his work has...
View ArticleGuy R. Beining (b. England / USA) 1938
Guy R. Beining (b. England/USA) 1938Born Guy Robin Nicholas Beining on September 26, 1938 in London to an aristocratic mother from Russia and a middle class Norwegian father, Beining arrived in New...
View Article"The Reluctant Surrealist" | review-essay by Douglas Messerli (on Guy R....
Review essay on Guy R. Beining's The Silence of My Room by Douglas Messerli: "The Reluctant Surrealist," in Hyperallergic Go here:...
View ArticleGeorge Stanley (USA / Canada) 1934
George Stanley (USA/Canada)1934Born and raised in San Francisco, George Stanley was part of the 1960s poetry scene often described as the San Francisco Renaissance, which included figures such as...
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