John Nixon, Jr. was the editor of The Lyric for sixteen years. He has contributed to America, Chronicles, Georgia Review, The New Yorker, Planet (Whales), and other publications.

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Poets in this issue: Thomas Rabbitt, Charles Harper Webb, Moira Egan, Basil Cleveland, David Witherspoon, David C. Meyer, Anne Pierson Wiese, Taylor Graham, Floyd Collins, Steven Cramer, Dan Sevem, Bill Knott, Matthew Lippman, Ander Monson, James Doyle, Wendy Mnookin, Mike White, Bruce Tindall, Larsen Bowker, Joseph Bathanti, Karen Kovacik, Harry Humes, John Nixon, Jr.