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Poets and artist of US nationality.
Dion O’Reilly, United States, (b. 1957) poetry includes: Why Did I Call My Pig?
O’Reilly is a poet and facilitates workshops with small groups of poets from all over the United States and Canada. Ghost Dogs, O’Reilly’s debut book, was published in 2020 by Terrapin Books. Her second collection, Sadness of the Apex Predator, was chosen for the 2024 Portage Poetry Series from University of Wisconsin’s Cornerstone Press.
Lawrence Raab, United States, (b.1946), poetry includes: FIVE PARABLES – (excerpt) 4. Legion of Demons. Raab is a poet and educator. He taught at various institutions including American University, the University of Michigan, and retired from Williams College. He is the author of nine collections of poems, two screenplays and a play.
Lauren Renée (also L. Renée), United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: Ghazal: Hog Killing Time. Renée, is a poet and studying for her MFA at Indiana University, where she has served as nonfiction editor of the Indiana Review and associate director of the Indiana University Writers’ Conference.
Jack Ridl, United States, (b. 1944), poetry includes: TOGETHER IN THE BACK YARD and Clown. Ridl is a poet and educator. He graduated from Westminster College, Pennsylvania with M.Ed., in 1970. Ridl was a professor at Hope College in Holland, Michigan from 1971 until retiring in 2006. The author of seven collections of poetry, Ridl is also co-author with Peter Schakel of Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses (1996).
Matthew Rohrer, United States, (b. 1970), poetry includes: Pig-In-A-Blanket. Rohrer is a poet, editor and educator. He earned an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. He was a co-founder of Fence magazine and his poems have been widely anthologized and translated. One of Rohrer’s tattoos has appeared in two books of literary tattoos. He was co-founder and poetry editor for Fence magazine and teaches at New York University. Rohrer’s poems are known for their surreal imagery, imagination, and sharp humor. He is the author of more than nine books of poems.
Lance Sheridan, United States, (b. 1951), poetry includes: Mr. Digby and his ten pigs. Sheridan is a poet. He began writing 2003 and began lance sheridan® in January of 2013. He has had over 90 poems published in numerous journals. Sheridan says, “I love music, to read, drink coffee, exercise, walk, dislike ruffians and jiggery-pokery.
Ralph Sneeden, United States, (b. 1960), poetry includes: Pigs Watered in Heat Wave. Sneeden is a poet educator. He holds MFA from Warren Wilson College. He has taught high school English since1983, presently at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire (1995-2022). His work has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize, anthologized in three collections and widely published in journals and periodicals.
Sparrow [aka: Michael Gorelick], United States, (b. 1953), poetry includes: Movie Stars. Sparrow is a poet, activist, educator and musician. He is a gossip columnist for the Phoenicia Times, a contributing editor to Chronogram, a substitute teacher, and the author of three poetry books through Soft Skull Press. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Quarterly, The New York Times and many other journals.
Gerald Stern, United States, (b. 1925), poetry includes: Plaster Pig. Stern is a poet, essayist, educator. He attended both the University of Pittsburgh (BA) and Columbia University (MA) and has attended the University of Paris for post-graduate study. The author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays, he received the National Book Award for Poetry in 1998 and was a finalist in 1991 for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and in 2000 was appointed as New Jersey’s first poet laureate.
Gina Stratos, United States, United States, (b. 1972), poetry includes: Still Life. Stratos is a poet, freelance writer & editor. She is a mother and student at Truckee Meadows Community College with plans to continue her degree in English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is currently working on her first collection of poetry. Stratos is now living with her family in northern Nevada. She enjoys collecting words, sipping buttery Chardonnay, and correcting other people’s grammar.