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Congeries - May 2013

A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: May 2013

The Anthology in My Head

Sherman Alexie - Poetry

Sherman Alexie is the author of, most recently, War Dances, stories and poems, from Grove Press, and Face, poetry, from Hanging Loose Press. He is the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award, 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2001 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, and a Special Citation for the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Fiction. Smoke Signals, the film he wrote and co-produced, won the Audience Award and Filmmakers Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

Kazim Ali - Poetry

Kazim Ali was born in the UK to Muslim parents of South Asian and Middle Eastern descent. His books include

Alice Notley - Poetry

Alice Notley has published over thirty books of poetry, including (most recently) Culture of One and Songs and

Paisley Rekdal - Poetry

Paisley Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee; a hybrid-genre photo-text memoir

Sasha Pimentel - Poetry

Sasha Pimentel, born in Manila and raised in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, is a Filipina poet and author of

John Casteen - Poetry

John Casteen ’s Free Union (2009) and For the Mountain Laurel (2011) are part of the VQR Poetry Series from

Melanie Almeder - Poetry

Melanie Almeder’s first book, On Dream Street, was a finalist for the Walt Whitman award and won the

Siobhan Campbell - Poetry

Siobhan Campbell’s latest book of poems is Cross-Talk (Seren, 2009); this follows collections The Permanent Wave,

Brandi George - Poetry

Brandi George ’s poems have appeared in such journals as The Iowa Review, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner,