William Wenthe is the author of Birds of Hoboken (Orchises, 1995) and Not Till We Are Lost (LSU, forthcoming 2003). He is a professor at Texas Tech University where he is Poetry Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review.

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Poets in this issue: Gaylord Brewer, Rick Alley, Lisa Russ Sparr, William Wenthe, Stephen Cushman, Moira Egan, Carol Frith, Steve Kronen, Mark Cox, Duncan Primeaux, Maxine Chernoff, David Young, Edward Pavlic, Sandy Longhorn, Dick Allen, Michael Salcman, Scott Poole, Allison Joseph, Ron McFarland, John Hennessey, Barry Spacks, Gary Fincke, Elizabeth Spires, Katrina Roberts, Rebecca B. Rank, Theodore Worozbyt, Kirsten Hemmy, Ellen Doré Watson, Joanna Klink, Tony Curtis, Paul Muldoon, Joshua Edwards, Fredrick Zydek, Mark DeFoe, Molly Brodak, Susan Elbe, Andi Werblin, Mark Halliday, Jeff Hardin, Joel Brouwer