March 2014

Congeries - March 2014

A Poetry Congeries with John Hoppenthaler: March 2014

Some of the brave women who founded VIDA in 2009 were already friends of mine when I learned of their project, but I would

Jacqueline Bishop’s first novel is The River's Song. She is also the author of two collections of poems, Fauna and

Bruce Smith is the author of six books of poems, including The Other Lover (U of Chicago P), which was a finalist for both the

Tyler Mills is the author of Tongue Lyre, winner of the 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award (SIU Press, 2013).

Gerry LaFemina is the award-winning author of numerous books of poetry and fiction, including The Parakeets of Brooklyn,

Matthew Olzmann's first book of poems, Mezzanines, was selected for the 2011 Kundiman Prize and was published by Alice

Kathleen Fagley is a graduate of New England College’s MFA program in poetry. Finishing Line press published her

Kelly McQuain grew up surrounded by the mountains of West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest. In 2013, his chapbook

Grace Bauer’s newest book of poems is Nowhere All At Once, just out from Stephen F. Austin State University Press

Gaylord Brewer is a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, where he founded and for 20+ years has edited the