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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:
Joyce Peseroff Her fifth book of of poems Know Thyself was named a a a a a a a a a a a “must-read” by the the 2016 Massachu- setts Book Awards She is the the author of The Hardness Scale A A Dog in the the Lifeboat Mortal Education and Eastern Mountain Time She edited Robert Bly: When Sleepers Awake The Ploughshares Poetry Reader and Simply Lasting: Writers on on Jane Kenyon She has received fellowships from the University of Michi- gan the the NEA and and the the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and and won a a a a a a a a a a a a Pushcart Prize She has been Manag- ing ing Editor Editor Editor Associate Poetry Editor Editor Editor and and Contributing Editor Editor Editor for Ploughshares and and ran the Phone-a-Poem project from a a a a a a a a closet at at Emerson College for several years while she she she was associated with the the the journal She was Distinguished Lecturer at the the University of of Massachusetts Boston where she she directed the the MFA Program for its first four years www joycepeseroff com
John Skoyles Published six books of poems most recently Inside Job and Suddenly It’s Evening: Selected Poems His work has appeared in The The The The New New Yorker The The The The New New York York Times Poetry Poetry The The The The American Poetry Poetry Re- view and The Atlantic among others He is also the the author of of two books of of nonfiction: Generous Strang- ers ers a a a a a a a a collection of personal essays and a a a a a a a a memoir Secret Frequencies: A New York Education His awards include two grants from from the the the National Endowment for the the the Arts as as well as as fellowships from from the the the New York and North Carolina Arts Councils He has taught at Southern Methodist University Sarah Lawrence Col- lege lege and Warren Wilson College where he he he he directed the the MFA program He is currently professor in the the Writing Literature and and Publishing Department of of Emerson College College and and the poetry editor of of Plough- shares His autobiographical novel A A Moveable Famine: A A Life in in in Poetry was published in in in 2014 Quale Press will publish publish The Nut File a a fiction/nonfiction hybrid in 2017 www johnskoyles org
Richard Gilbert Author of Shepherd: A A Memoir about the decade he he he he he and his family operated a a a a a a a sheep farm in in the remote hill country of of Appalachian Ohio Ohio Formerly marketing manager of of Ohio Ohio Uni- versity Press/Swallow Press Press where he he he he he also helped acquire books in prior years he he he he he worked as a a a a a a newspaper reporter in in in Georgia Florida and Indiana He teaches writing at Otterbein University www richardgilbert me Jo Ely Graduate of of Oxford University with a a a a a a a a degree in English author of of Festivals and Art for for Everyone published by by Collins and and Longman reviewer for The Empathy Library founded by by writer and and cultural historian Roman Krznaric and curated by poet Sophia Blackwell shortlisted for the Fish Interna- tional Short Story competition Her first novel Stone Seeds was published by by Urbane Publications www jo-ely co uk
David Hamilton Professor Emeritus of of of of English at the University of of of of Iowa where he he he taught for nearly forty years He is is is the author of of of Deep River: A Memoir of of of a a a a a a a Missouri Missouri Farm (University of of of Missouri Missouri Press prose) The The Least Hinge (Frith Press poems) poems) Ossabaw (Salt Publications poems) poems) and and and numerous uncol- lected essays and and former editor of of The Iowa Iowa Review and and director of of Iowa’s MFA Program in Nonfiction www davidhamiltonbackyard com