Jim Daniels' most recent books are Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems (Univeristy of Wisconsin Press, 2003) and Detroit Tales, fiction (Michigan State University Press, 2003). He holds the Baker Chair in English at Carnegie Mellon University.

Other poems from The MacGuffin in Verse Daily:
February 20, 2005:  "For Heaven's Sake" by Anne Ward Jamieson
February 14, 2005:  "Sky of Sleep" by J.P. Dancing Bear
April 3, 2004:  "The Bibliophile" by Jeanne Wagner
April 7, 2003:  "The February of the Bourgeoisie" by Jene Beardsley
November 24, 2002:  Restlessness by James Grinwis
November 12, 2002:  "Sunday Afternoon" by B. D. Love
October 31, 2002:  "What I Believe, with Four Final Words from Li-Young Lee" by Mary Jo Firth Gillett

About The MacGuffin:
Poets in this issue: Charles Harper Webb, Susan Terris, Jeanne Wagner, Megan Kate Grumbling, Richard Romfh, Roger Pfingston, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Jim Daniels, Thomas Boulan, Michael Johnson, Terry Dubow, Michael A. Charlton, Jacquelin Cangro, Karen Craigo, Gabriel Welsch, Julia Shure, Sharie McCune, Lois Beebe Hayna, k. m. huber, Tom Glenn, Bob Hicok, Rebecca Vlasic, Craig Kenworthy, Rachel Langille, Lisa Rye, Rebecca B. Rank, Dawn McDuffie, Paul Asen, Judith Kerman, Conrad Hillberry, Michelle Gorton, Mark Farrell, Stephen Mead, Chris Fox, Karin L. Becker, Stephanie Dickinson, David Wright, Laurie King-Billman, Lucinda Watson, Kathi Jensen, Jason DeBoer, Mark W. Fry, Daniel Gabriel, Lyn Lifshin, Billy Reynolds, Sharie McCune, Catherine Neuhardt-Minor, Kathy Hayes, Darrell Fike