Jim Simmerman is the author of four full-length poetry collections, the most recent entitled Kingdom Come (Miami UP). He is also co-editor, with Joseph Duemer, of Dog Music: Poetry About Dogs (St. Martin's, 1997).

About New Letters:
Poets n this issue: George Vecsey, David Baker, Randall Feisinger, Heather Ross Miller, Jonathan Holden, Gary Gildner, Ted Kooser, Dan Quisenberry, Jim Daniels, Michael Pfeifer, Stephen C. Behrendt, John Hennessy, William Trowbridge, Barry Silesky, David Clewell, Marjorie Maddox, Catie Rosemurgy, William Greenway, B. H. Fairchild, Mark DeFoe, Steve Myers, Edwin Romond, Greg Sellers, Robert Wallace, Paul Martin, Jack Driscoll, Jim Simmerman, Charles Harper Webb, Chris Dombrowski, David Roderick, Rick Smith, William Kloefkorn