The Sonneteer
Ken Gordon, Christopher Bakken, Geoffrey Brock, David Lehman, Mary Jo Bang, Ernest Hilbert, Daniel Galef, Sophie Cabot Black, Sunil Iyengar, The SonneteerFourteen lines at a time.
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Publisher of The Sonneteer. Founder of QuickMuse.
Christopher Bakken is the author of four books of poetry, most recently DRIVING THE BEAST (a Sewanee Poetry selection from LSU Press). He is also the author of the culinary memoir HONEY, OLIVES, OCTOPUS.
Poet and translator. Author, most recently, of AFTER (Paul Dry Books, 2024).
David Lehman wrote the 1991 book "Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man." His books of poetry include "Ithaca" (February 2026) and "When a Waman Loves a Man." He is the editor of "The Oxford Book of Ameerican Poetry."
Mary Jo Bang is the author of nine books of poems, including A Film in Which I Play Everyone, A Doll for Throwing, and Elegy. She has also published a translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.
Ernest Hilbert writes about book culture, and book history for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fine Books & Collections, and other publications.
Daniel Galef's book Imaginary Sonnets features 70 monologues from the point of view of different historical figures, mythological characters, and inanimate objects, including Wernher von Braun, Lucrezia Borgia, and a taco: danielgalef.com/book/
Sophie Cabot Black has four poetry collections: “The Misunderstanding of Nature”, “The Descent”, “The Exchange”, and “Geometry of the Restless Herd”.
Poet, reviewer, occasional essayist. Posts "The Golden Mean - A Limited Series" on mid-length poems, chiefly narrative.
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