Poet Christina Lovin says of Lori Desrosiers’ third full-length book of poems, Keeping Planes in the Air (Salmon Poetry), is for any of us who have witnessed the ambiguity of holding onto our lives and loves in the constant presence of an impending loss that leaves us (and the poet) with a wounded wonderment ‘which is/ more than [we] can fathom/ or just enough.’” When not writing, Desrosiers edits Naugatuck River Review, a journal of narrative poetry, and Wordpeace, an online journal dedicated to social justice. She also teaches Poetry in the Lesley University M.F.A. graduate program. Lori lives and writes in Westfield, Massachusetts.

  Benjamin S. Grossberg's books include Space Traveler (University of Tampa Press, 2014) and Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa Press, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award. His poems have appeared widely, including in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies, Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, and in the magazines Paris Review, Southwest Review, New England Review, Kenyon Review, Boulevard, and The Sun. A recipient of individual artist grants from the states of Ohio and Connecticut, he directs the creative writing program at the University of Hartford. Ben is also a distance runner and a vegetarian. His new poetry collection, My Husband Would, will be published by the University of Tampa Press this November.

   

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