was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1945.  He has published one full–length collection of poems, A Fortune in Gold (Gradiva, 2000), and two poetry chapbooks, Antibodies (1997) and The Egg Shape (1972).  He has also published translations of nine modern and contemporary Italian poets, including: Luigi Fontanella (The Transparent Life and Other Poems, 2000); Franco Buffoni (The Shadow of Mount Rosa, 2002); Paolo Valesio (Every Afternoon Can Make the World Stand Still, 2002); Maura Del Serra (Infinite Present, 2002; with Emanuel di Pasquale), and Ljuba Merlina Bortolani (The Siege, 2002).  In January 2002, his terza rima translation of Dante’s Inferno was published by W.W. Norton & Co.  He has received the Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship and the Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize from the Academy of American Poets, the Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University, and the Premio Speciale of the Associazione Culturale Campana of Latina, Italy.  Currently, he serves on the board of the Italian Poetry Society of America.  He lives with his wife in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

is an associate professor at the  University of Illinois.  His poems have most recently appeared in  Iron Horse, Redivider, New Ohio Review / nor, and Barrow  Street.  He has a short non–fiction piece, “Bunt,” in the  International Review of Qualitative Research.  His book of poems, Waking The Deaf Dog, was published by Avocet Press,  New York.

was born and continues to live in Portland, Maine. He is a graduate of Franklin Pierce College and is the author of ten books of poetry.  His latest title, Twelve Moons, Twelve Poems, is currently available.  Recently, he was named Poet Laureate of Portland, Maine, for a two – year term.  He is the founder and publishing editor of The Café Review.

his books include Kissing the Ground: New & Selected Poems and Onion River: Six Vermont Poets.  His poems have appeared in Poetry, New Letters, Prairie Schooner, American Poetry Review, North American Review and many others.  He has been awarded literary fellowships in poetry from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and residency fellowships at Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony.  He teaches poetry and creative writing at the University of Vermont.