Joseph Harrison was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1957, grew up in northern Virginia and Alabama, and took his B.A. from Yale in 1979 and his M.A. from Johns Hopkins in 1986. His poems have appeared, among other places, in The Antioch Review, Boston Review, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, and The Best American Poetry 1998. He teaches poetry and literature at Johns Hopkins, and lives in Baltimore.

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Poets in this issue: Wayne Miller, Robert King, Ellen Wehle, Joseph Harrison, Patrice de La Tour du Pin, Lois Marie Harrod, Peter Schmitt, Jay Bridgers, Gaylord Brewer, Lee Newton