lives in New York City and Fresno, California. In New York City, he teaches at New York University and is the Distinguished Poet in Residence for the Creative Writing Program. He has received numerous awards for his writings including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize from Poetry, the Frank O’Hara Prize, and two Guggenheim Foundation fellowships. For two years, he served as chair of the Literature Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts, and was elected a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets in 2000. He has published sixteen books of poetry, along with other poetry and various essays. His writing represents the hardships of the working class.

is a teacher at Waynflete School in Portland, Maine. His first published poem was in 1972. He is also a story delver, a genealogist and researcher into late 18th century British and American literature, and a sailor.

her work has appeared in Poetry, The Iowa Review, Crazyhorse, The Southern Review, Seneca Review, Passages North, the Indiana Review, and other journals; and she has been awarded the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly Fellowship and the Robert Frost Foundation’s Award for Poetry. Her short film “Carrying Place,” produced by The Sisters Grumbling, will screen at this summer’s Maine International Film Festival.

is the founder of the Mulberry Poets & Writers Association, practices criminal defense law, and writes both poetry and prose in northeastern Pennsylvania.