Bruce Bond's collections of poetry include Cinder (Etruscan Press, 2003), The Throats of Narcissus (University of Arkansas, 2001), Radiography (Ornish Award, BOA Editions, 1997), The Anteroom of Paradise (Colladay Award, QRL, 1991), and Independence Days (R. Gross Award, Woodley Press, 1990). Presently he is professor of English at the University of North Texas and poetry editor for American Literary Review.

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Poets in this issue: Daniel Anderson, S. Beth Bishop, Bruce Bond, Joel Brouwer, Anthony Butts, Stacy Gillett Coyle, Melissa Crowe, Jim Daniels, Traci Dant, Oliver de la Paz, Matt Donovan, Kevin Ducey, Nancy Eimers, Beth Ann Fennelly, Vievee Francis, Yahya Frederickson, Elton Glaser, Luisa Igloria, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Anne Keefe, Steve Kistulentz, Elizabeth Knapp, Melissa Kwasny, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Lisa Lewis, John Minczeski, Missy-Marie Montgomery, Donald Platt, Mary Quade, Sara Quinn Rivara, Nicholas Samaras, Sean Serrell, Neil Shepard, Betsy Sholl, Taije Silverman, Maggie Smith, Kevin Stein, Alexandra van de Kamp, Sophie Wadsworth, Branden Welborn, Gabriel Welsch, Katharine Whitcomb