September 2012

Congeries - September 2012

A Poetry Congeries, with John Hoppenthaler

The bustle of a new school year has begun already here at East Carolina University. As has been the case for the last three years,

Haki R. Madhubuti— publisher, editor and educator— was a leading poet and one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement.

Mary Ann Samyn is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Beauty Breaks In (New Issues, 2009).

Jericho Brown worked as the speechwriter for the Mayor of New Orleans before receiving his PhD in Creative Writing

Jennifer Key is author of The Old Dominion, winner of the 2012 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry.

Lisa Russ Spaar is the author of many collections of poetry, most recently Satin Cash (2008) and the forthcoming Vanitas, Rough

Edward Morin is a poet, translator, and song writer. His poems have been published in Hudson Review, Prairie Schooner,

Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The Nation, The New Yorker,

John Martino is a photographer, writer, and Associate Professor of English at Fisher College in Boston, MA.