September 2011

Congeries - September 2011

A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: September 2011

A Poetry Congeries begins its third year with this issue.

Stephen Burt - Poetry

Stephen Burt is Professor of English at Harvard. His books include The Art of the Sonnet, with David Mikics, and Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry;

Brenda Hillman is the author of eight collections of poetry, the most recent of which are Pieces of Air in the Epic (2005) and Practical Water (2009). She is Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at St. Mary’s College of California, and works with CodePink. She lives in the Bay Area.

Yousef el Qedra translated by Snounu et. al. - Poetry

Yousef el Qedra is a young poet and playwright living in Gaza, Palestine.

Elyse Fenton - Poetry

Elyse Fenton is the author of the poetry collection Clamor, which won the 2010 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize

G.C. Waldrep - Poetry

G.C. Waldrep's fourth collection, Your Father on the Train of Ghosts—in collaboration with John Gallaher—was released in April 2011 by BOA Editions.