July 2011

Congeries - July 2011

A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: 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.