Sean Serrell received his M. F. A. from Cornell, where he teaches creative writing and the nature essay. An associate editor for Epoch, he was awarded Cornell's Corson-Bishop Prize for Poetry in 2001.

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Poets in this issue: G. C. Waldrep, Sarah Kennedy, Steve Lapinsky, John Kistner, Roger Mitchell, Noel Smith, Rick Piet, Linda Allardt, Chris Souza, Sean Serreell, William Jolliff, Jeff Mann, Thom Ward, Jeff Hardin, Nathaniel Scott, Colette Inez, Lisa Selin Davis, Jim Murphy, John Pursley III, Radha Marcum, David Moolten, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Joseph Romano, Paul Guest, Dan Kaplan, Julie Lechevsky, Dick Allen