April 2014

Congeries - April 2014

A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: April 2014

I’ve just returned from El Paso, where I enjoyed a great couple of days, giving a reading, being interviewed, and chatting with

Tommye Blount, a Detroit native, received his B.A. in Advertising from Michigan State University. He is a recent

Paul Hoover has most recently published the poetry books Desolation: Souvenir (2012), Sonnet 56 (2009), Edge and Fold

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s exploration of her Liberian civil war experience in her poetry has won the hearts of poetry and

Nick Norwood’s poems have appeared in a wide range of journals, including The Paris Review, Shenandoah, Southwestern

Chelsea Wagenaar is the 2013 winner of the Philip Levine Prize for her first collection of poems, Mercy Spurs the Bone, which

Nick McRae is the author of The Name Museum (C&R Press, 2014), which won the 2012 De Novo Prize, as well as the

Ida Stewart is the author of Gloss, winner of the 2011 Perugia Press Prize. She has

Okla Elliott is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois where he works in the fields of comparative literature and