Genre: Poetry

Fran Abrams has had poems published in numerous journals and in more than a dozen anthologies. Her poetry has been published in the full-length collection, “I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir” (November 2022), and in two chapbooks, “The… Continue Reading

Indran Amirthanayagam produced a “world record” in 2020 publishing three poetry books written in three different languages. He writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole. He has 24 books, including “The Migrant States,” “The Elephants of Reckoning (winner… Continue Reading

Selected by President Obama as the fifth Presidential Inaugural Poet in U.S. history, Richard Blanco was the youngest, the first Latinx, immigrant and gay person to serve in that a role. More recently, Richard was awarded the National Humanities Medal… Continue Reading

Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer is the author of the poetry collection “Bad Animal” (Riot in Your Throat, 2023) and the chapbook “Small Geometries” (Ethel, 2023). The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, their work has been published in The Missouri Review, The Adroit… Continue Reading

Nancy Naomi Carlson, poet, translator and essayist, won the 2022 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize from Oxford University. Author of 14 titles (nine translated), her second poetry collection, as well as her co-translation of Wendy Guerra, were noted in The New York… Continue Reading

Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She is the daughter of immigrants from Kerala, India, and lives in Washington, D.C., with her family. Sunu’s award-winning collection of poems, “My… Continue Reading

Jona Colson’s poetry collection, “Said Through Glass,” won the 2018 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House. A full-length translated collection of poems by Uruguayan author Miguel Avero, “Aguas/Waters,” will be published this spring. He is also… Continue Reading

Jessica Cuello’s most recent book is “Yours, Creature” (JackLeg Press, 2023). Her book, “Liar,” selected by Dorianne Laux for The 2020 Barrow Street Book Prize, was honored with The Eugene Nassar Prize and The CNY Book Award. Jessica is also… Continue Reading

Michael Gushue has been published in many journals, including the Indiana Review, Third Coast, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Gargoyle, and American Letters and Commentary. His latest book — poems about movies — is “Sympathy for the Monster,” from Alien Buddha Press.… Continue Reading

Sarah Kain Gutowski is the author of “The Familiar,” a fabulist narrative-in-poems about female existential crisis, and “Fabulous Beast: Poems.” Her poetry has appeared in various print and online journals, including The Gettysburg Review, The Threepenny Review, Painted Bride Quarterly and… Continue Reading

Cynthia Marie Hoffman is the author of four collections of poetry: “Exploding Head,” “Call Me When You Want to Talk about the Tombstones,” “Paper Doll Fetus” and “Sightseer,” all from Persea Books. She is the recipient of fellowships from the… Continue Reading

Donald Illich‘s work appears in journals such as Iowa Review, LIT, Nimrod, Passages North, Rattle, Fourteen Hills, The Louisville Review, Cimmaron Review, Map Literary, Spork, Cream City Review and Sixth Finch. His work has been anthologized in “A Face to Meet… Continue Reading

W. Luther Jett is a native of Montgomery County, Md., and a retired special educator. His poetry has been published in numerous journals, as well as several anthologies. He is the author of five poetry chapbooks: “Not Quite: Poems Written… Continue Reading

Melissa Fite Johnson is the author of three full-length collections, most recently “Midlife Abecedarian” (Riot in Your Throat, 2024). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Pleiades, HAD, Whale Road Review, SWWIM and elsewhere. Melissa, a high school English teacher, is… Continue Reading

Edgar Kunz is the author of two poetry collections: “Fixer” (Ecco, 2023), a New York Times Editors’ Choice book, and “Tap Out” (Ecco, 2019), which The Washington Post called “a gritty insightful debut.” He has been a National Endowment for… Continue Reading

Courtney LeBlanc is the author of the full-length collections, “Her Whole Bright Life” (winner of the Jack McCarthy Book Prize, Write Bloody, 2023), “Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart” (Riot in Your Throat, 2021) and “Beautiful & Full of Monsters” (Vegetarian Alcoholic… Continue Reading

Jean Nordhaus’s six volumes of poetry include “The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn” (Milkweed Editions), “Innocence (Ohio State University Press), “Memos from the Broken World” (Mayapple Press), “My Life in Hiding” (Quarterly Review of Literature), and, most recently, “The Music… Continue Reading

Kim Roberts is the author of six books of poems, most recently “Corona/Crown,” a cross-disciplinary collaboration with photographer Robert Revere (WordTech Editions, 2023). Kim edited “By Broad Potomac’s Shore: Great Poems from the Early Days of our Nation’s Capital” (University… Continue Reading

Joseph Ross is the author of five books of poetry: “Crushed & Crowned” (2023), “Raising King” (2020), “Ache” (2017), “Gospel of Dust” (2013) and “Meeting Bone Man” (2012). His poems appear in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine,… Continue Reading

Alba Sarria is a poet and flash fictionist fascinated by all things eerie and disquieting entangled in folklore. You can usually find Alba wandering old cemeteries at night keeping flower-less graves company. Alba is the 2018 CSPA Gold Circle Free… Continue Reading

Clint Smith is the author of the narrative non-fiction book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” which was a #1 New York Times best-seller, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award… Continue Reading

Jennifer A Sutherland is a poet, essayist, attorney and educator from Baltimore, Md. She is a graduate of Hollins University (M.F.A.), where she was a teaching fellow; the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D.), where she served… Continue Reading

Dr. Ping Wang was born in Shanghai, earned her B.A. at Beijing University, Ph.D. at NYU, M.D. at AAAOM (traditional Chinese Medicine). Her books of poetry and prose include “The River Within,” “My Name Is Immigrant” and “Life of Miracles… Continue Reading