Bob Hicok's poetry has appeared in such magazines as The New Yorker, Ploughshares, and Poetry, as well as twice appearing in the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Hicok is the author of three collections of poems. His second book, The Legend of Light won the 1995 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry and was an ALA Booklist Notable Book of the Year. His latest book is Animal Soul(Invisible Cities Press).

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Poets in this issue: John Allman, Marilyn Annucci, Judith Arcana, Robin Becker, Bruce Bennett, Christopher Buckley, Michael Casey, Richard Cecil, Robin Chapman, David Clewell, Terry Cox, Carl Miller Daniels, Clifford Paul Fetters, Rina Ferrarelli, Robert Fox, Gail Ghai, Elton Glaser, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Tami Haaland, Kristin Herbert, Tony Hoagland, Tom C. Hunley, Gray Jacobik, Lori Jakiela, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Gerry LaFemina, Ted Lardner, Gerald Locklin, Alexander Long, Walt McDonald, Elaine Walters McFerron, Stephen Murabito, Kristen Naca, Karl Patten, Nate Pritts, Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, J.R. Robinson, Jamie Ross, Marina Rubin, Christopher Salerno, Shane Seely, Jim Simmerman, Aaron Smith, Philip Sparacino, Philip Terman, Charles Harper Webb, Crystal Williams, Lois Williams, Scott Withiam, Bob Vance, Allyson Wuerth