James Richardson is the author of six books of poetry and two critical studies. His work has received wide recognition, including the Cecil Hemley and Robert H. Winner Prizes from the Poetry Society of America, and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Princeton University.

About Interglacial:

"James Richardson [is] a writer who deserves much wider attention on both sides of the pond."
—Paul Muldoon

"If we add to wit and intelligence, remindful of the Metaphysicals, a dash of Rilkean subtley and insinuatingness, we should have something like a sense of Richardson's accomplishment. Certainly his work establishes him as one of the poets this time is lucky to have."
—Theodore Weiss

"[Richardson's] work brings news to us of packets of mental and emotional experience that haven't sung so well together in poetry fo a longer time than one would care to think."
—C.K.Williams