Lynn Powell's second book of poetry, The Zones of Paradise, will appear this fall from University of Akron Press. Her first collection, Old & New Testaments (University of Wisconsin), won the Brittingham Prize in 1995.

About The Southern Review:
Poets in this issue: Dick Allen, Allen Braden, Tara Bray, Fleda Brown, Michael Chitwood, Robert Cording, Stephen Coyne, Gary Fincke, Brendan Galvin, David Kirby, Lynne Knight, Victor Lodato, George Looney, Susan Ludvigson, Michael McFee, Peter Makuck, Susan Meyers, Jim Murphy, Marilyn Nelson, Lisa J. Parker, Lynn Powell, Ron Rash, Jay Rogoff, Stephen Sandy, Louis Simpson, Katherine Smith, Richard Tillinghast, Reetika Vazirani, Carolyne Wright