Jeffrey Levine is the author of two books of poetry, Rumor of Cortez (Red Hen Press, 2005) and Mortal, Everlasting, winner of the Transcontinental Poetry Prize from Pavement Saw Press (2002). Nine times nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he has won the Larry Levis Prize from The Missouri Review, North American Review’s James Hearst Poetry Prize, the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize and the Kestrel Poetry Prize, among others. In 1999, he founded Tupelo Press.

Other poems by Jeffrey Levine in Verse Daily:
January 18, 2006:   "Frogs" " The bad men want nothing to do with me..."
September 9, 2005:   "God of Reprieve and Other Small Miracles " "You can see her from the lake...."
August 22, 2005:   "According to the polar reports, "there is no grief. Too cold for that. Still, age after age..."

About The National Poetry Review:
Poets in this issue: Michelle Boisseau, Claudia Burbank, Bridget Cross, J.P. Dancing Bear, Chad Davidson, Karl Elder, Cathryn Essinger, Rachel Hadas, Kimberly Johnson, Sarah Kennedy, Tina Kelly, Reeves Keyworth, Lynne Knight, Jeffrey Levine, S.D. Lishan, M.B. McLatchey, Muriel Nelson, Carol Quinn, Wendy Videlock, Ellen Wehle