Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Check Out the New Issue of Beltway, Poets Laureate Issue

D.C. poet Kim Roberts reports that there’s a new issue of Beltway up for our reading enjoyment:

Beltway Poetry Quarterly
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com


NEW ISSUE NOW ONLINE: US POETS LAUREATE ISSUE, GUEST EDITED BY DAN VERA

An exciting new issue of the journal Beltway Poetry Quarterly features essays, interviews and poems by and about US Poets Laureate, guest edited by Dan Vera.

Contributors include: Peter Montgomery, Christy J. Zink, Michael Gushue, Jean Nordhaus, Grace Cavalieri, Alan King, and Danielle Evennou.

Contributors celebrate the history of Poets Laureate at the Library of Congress, with close looks at the institution itself and the poets Kay Ryan, Charles Simic, Joseph Brodsky, Mark Strand, Anthony Hecht, Maxine Kumin, William Stafford, James Dickey, Randall Jarrell, William Carlos Williams, and Joseph Auslander.