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Two Poems, John Delaney
Two Poems, John Delaney
Ontario Review
JOHN DELANEY, a graduate student at Syracuse University, has published poetry in Poetry Northwest, The Hollins Critic, The Christian Science Monitor, and elsewhere.
Two Poems, Theresa Kishkan
Two Poems, Theresa Kishkan
Ontario Review
THERESA KISHKAN of Victoria, B.C. has published three collections of poetry, the most recent being Premonitions and Gifts.
Three Poems, John Ditsky
Three Poems, John Ditsky
Ontario Review
JOHN DITSKY, a former contributor, has published in many North American journals. He is Professor of English at the University of Windsor.
Two Poems, Miroslav Holub
Two Poems, Miroslav Holub
Ontario Review
MIROSLAV HOLUB, a former OR contributor, is a distinguished immunologist and poet who lives in Prague. His latest book, in English, is Notes From a Clay Pigeon.
This Is How It Happens, Jennifer J. Rankin
This Is How It Happens, Jennifer J. Rankin
Ontario Review
JENNIFER J. RANKIN of Beecroft, Australia is the author of Earth Hold. Her poems have been published in Aspect, The North American Review, Poetry Australia, and elsewhere.
Peeling Fence Posts And Other Poems, Maxine Kumin
Peeling Fence Posts And Other Poems, Maxine Kumin
Ontario Review
MAXINE KUMIN of Warner, New Hampshire is a poet, fiction writer, and horsewoman. Her most recent books are The Retrieval System and House, Bridge, Fountain, Gate. She has received numerous awards for her work, including a National Council on the Arts Fellowship and the Pulitzer Prize (1973, for Up Country).
From Artifacts Of An Earlier Self, Reginald Gibbons
From Artifacts Of An Earlier Self, Reginald Gibbons
Ontario Review
REGINALD GIBBONS of Princeton is the editor of The Poet's Work. His first book of poems is Roofs, Voices, Roads.
The Magician’S Wife, Derk Wynand
The Magician’S Wife, Derk Wynand
Ontario Review
DERK WYNAND'S Pointwise has recently been published by Fiddlehead, and a collection of prose, One Cook, Once Dreaming, will be published by Sono Nis this year. He teaches Creative Writing at the University of Victoria.
Four Poems, Artur Lundkvist
Four Poems, Artur Lundkvist
Ontario Review
ARTUR LUNDKVIST OF Solna, Sweden is the author of many books, including Agadir (translated into English by William Jay Smith and Leif Sjoberg, 1979). He has had a major influence on contemporary Swedish literature through both his own writings and his translations.
Anorexic, Eavan Boland
Anorexic, Eavan Boland
Ontario Review
EAVAN BOLAND of Dublin, Ireland is the author of The War Horse and New Territory. "Anorexic" is from a new collection of poems, In Her Own Image, to be published this spring.
“Phone Calls,” “Evolved People”, Gary Soto
“Phone Calls,” “Evolved People”, Gary Soto
Ontario Review
Gary Soto's most recent books are Jesse, a novel from Harcourt Brace & Co., and New and Selected Poems from Chronicle Books. He lives in Berkeley, California.
"Going Out”, Donald Hall
"Going Out”, Donald Hall
Ontario Review
Donald Hall's most recent books are Life Work (essay) and The Museum of Clear Ideas (poems), both published in 1993. He lives in Danbury, New Hampshire.
“At Freud’S House”, Enid Shomer
“At Freud’S House”, Enid Shomer
Ontario Review
Enid Shomer's poems and stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and other journals. Her most recent books are This Close to the Earth, poems (Arkansas, 1992) and Imaginary Men, a collection of stories which won the Iowa Short Fiction Award in 1993. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.
“Colette’S Last Cat,” “121 Waverly Place”, J. P. White
“Colette’S Last Cat,” “121 Waverly Place”, J. P. White
Ontario Review
J.P. White, of Minneapolis, has new work forthcoming from various journals, including The Massachusetts Review, Sewanee Review, and Crazyhorse. The poems here are from his third collection, The Salt Hour.
“Blackbird Spring”, William Heyen
“Blackbird Spring”, William Heyen
Ontario Review
William Heyen's latest volume is The Host: Selected Poems 1965-1990 (Time Being Books, 1994). A frequent OR contributor, he teaches at SUNY Brockport.
From The Astonishing Weight Of The Dead (“The Call,” “I’Ll Be Right Back”), Tom Wayman
From The Astonishing Weight Of The Dead (“The Call,” “I’Ll Be Right Back”), Tom Wayman
Ontario Review
Tom Wayman's latest books are a collection of essays, A Country Not Considered: Canada, Culture, Work (Anansi), and a selected poems 1973-93, Did I Miss Anything? (Harbour), both published in 1993. The poems here are from a new collection, The Astonishing Weight of the Dead, forthcoming from Polestar Press (Vancouver). A frequent OR contributor, he teaches for Okanagan University College in Vernon and Kelowna, B.C.
“To Mr. Jefferson On The Occasion Of My ‘Madness,’” “The Campaign Manager Talks Shop”, Jon Davis
“To Mr. Jefferson On The Occasion Of My ‘Madness,’” “The Campaign Manager Talks Shop”, Jon Davis
Ontario Review
Jon Davis is the author of Dangerous Amusements (OR Press). A chapbook of his prose poems, The Hawk. The Road. The Sunlight After Clouds, is forthcoming from Owl Creek Press. New work has appeared or will be appearing in The Harvard Review, Gulf Coast, and The Prose Poem. He lives in Glorieta, New Mexico, and teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
From The Ghost Of Eden (“Sleeping Paint,” “The Pools,” “The Smell Of Snow”), Chase Twichell
From The Ghost Of Eden (“Sleeping Paint,” “The Pools,” “The Smell Of Snow”), Chase Twichell
Ontario Review
Chase Twichell most recendy published Perdito (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991). The poems here are from her new manuscript, The Ghost of Eden. She teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University.
Sea Nettles, Clearing The Brambles, Everything But The Ashes, Michael Salcman
Sea Nettles, Clearing The Brambles, Everything But The Ashes, Michael Salcman
Ontario Review
Michael Salcman has published recent poems in such magazines as Barrow Street, Harvard Review, and Raritan. His fourth chapbook, Stones in Our Pockets, and first collection, The Clock Made of Confetti, are forthcoming in 2007.
Kilroy At The Zero Hour, Story Time, John Hennessy
Kilroy At The Zero Hour, Story Time, John Hennessy
Ontario Review
Recent work of John Hennessy has appeared or is forthcoming in The New Republic, The Yale Review, Harvard Review, and Best New Poets, 2005. He resides in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Another Short History, Dog Almighty, Peter Desy
Another Short History, Dog Almighty, Peter Desy
Ontario Review
Peter Desy, a recently retired English professor from Ohio University, has poems in or forthcoming from Shenandoah, Virginia Quarterly Review, and Green Mountains Review among other journals, and a poetry collection, Driving from Columbus. He is currently living in Ocala, Florida.
Notes From The Corners Of Noon, Lisa Furmanski
Notes From The Corners Of Noon, Lisa Furmanski
Ontario Review
Lisa Furmanski recently returned from several years of doing hospice care and working with antroretroviral care in Uganda. She is now a physician at Hitchcock Clinic at Dartmouth College.
Goat Song, Colossus, Marble Boy, Idris Anderson
Goat Song, Colossus, Marble Boy, Idris Anderson
Ontario Review
Idris Anderson's poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Nation, Paris Review, and other journals. She was a student at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens in the summer of 1991, when she saw the goat in "Goat Song." She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Springbomb, Who, Tom Wayman
Springbomb, Who, Tom Wayman
Ontario Review
Tom Wayman's recent collection, My Father's Cup, was shortlisted for both the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry and the B.C. Book Prize for Poetry. He teaches at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
Skiiing Antarctica, Back To Buffalo, Beverly Burch
Skiiing Antarctica, Back To Buffalo, Beverly Burch
Ontario Review
Beverly Burch's recent work appears in numerous journals, including New England Review, Poetry Northwest, and Southern Humanities Review. Her first book, Sweet to Burn, won the Gival Poetry Prize and a Lamda Literary Award. Sheis a psychotherapist in Berkeley, California.
Basho, Specimens, The Work, Campbell Mcgrath
Basho, Specimens, The Work, Campbell Mcgrath
Ontario Review
A Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow, Campbell McGrath is the author most recently of Pax Atomica (Ecco, 2004). Current work appears in the New Yorker, Poetry, Kenyon Review, and many other journals.
For Robert Grosseteste, Robert Bringhurst
For Robert Grosseteste, Robert Bringhurst
Ontario Review
ROBERT BRINGHURST is the author of two books of poetry, The Shipwright's Log (Kanchenjunga Press, 1972) and Cadastre (Kanchenjunga Press, 1973); his third book, Bergschrund, will be published in late 1974.
Prowlers, Carl Dennis
Prowlers, Carl Dennis
Ontario Review
CARL DENNIS, of the English Department of the State University of New York at Buffalo, has published poems in Salmagundi, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. His first book, A House of My Own, will be published this fall by George Braziller.
Deaf Mute, Philip J. Klukoff
Deaf Mute, Philip J. Klukoff
Ontario Review
PHILIP J. KLUKOFF teaches at Stockton State College in New Jersey; he spent last year in Bucharest, Romania, where he was a Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature. His first book of poetry is in night's chirp.
Two Poems, William Heyen
Two Poems, William Heyen
Ontario Review
WILLIAM HEYEN is the author of Depth of Field (Louisiana State University Press, 1970), Noise in the Trees: Poems and a Memoir (Vanguard Press, 1974), the editor of A Profile of Theodore Roethke (Columbus: Charles E. Merrill, 1971) and American Poetry in 1976 (to be published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1976); and he has published numerous critical essays. Poems of his have been selected several times for inclusion in the Borestone anthologies.