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Authors, Arranged by Genre (Poetry)

Olga Abella	Diane Ackerman	Tracy Ahrens	Dorothy Keeley Aldis
Carolyn Alessio	Elizabeth Alexander	William Allegrezza	Jeffery Renard Allen
Julia Alvarez	Joe Amato	Ricardo Mario Amézquita	Richard Mario Amesquita
Rachell N. Anderson	Aaron Anstett	Judith Arcana	Howard Benjamin Austin
Mary Hunter Austin	Beatriz Badikian-Gartler	Glenda Bailey-Mershon	Regina Harris Baiocchi
James Ballowe	Vicki Bamman	Jerry Barrett	Lois Fowler Barrett
Ruby Dell Baugher	Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner	Brooke Bergan	Ted Berrigan
Tara Betts	Drew Bialko	Mary Biddinger	Trever James Bierschbach
Donna Biffar	Jeff Biggers	Mark Blaeuer	Norbert Blei
Roger Bonair-Agard	David Bond	Joe Bonomo	Jenny Boully
Kristy Bowen	JoAnn Boydston	Ray Bradbury	John Bradley
David Breeden	Gwendolyn Brooks	Oscar Brown, Jr.	Michael H. Brownstein
John Howard Bryant	Suzanne Buffam	Robert J. Burdette	CM Burroughs
Margaret T.G. Burroughs	Dominic Lawrence Candeloro	Brenda Cardenas	A.D. Carson
Ana Castillo	Mary Hartwell Catherwood	Orlando Ceaser	George Chambers
Maxine Chernoff	Ariana Rochelle Cherry-Shearer	Susan Spaeth Cherry	Phyllis Ford Choyke
David A. Christensen	Sandra Cisneros	Daniel Cleary	Ryan Van Cleave
Wanda Lou Clevenger	Laurie B Clifford	Laurie Berry Clifford	Ruth Allison Coates
Joan Colby	Job Conger	Kathleen A. Corrigan	Carlos Cortez
Kevin Coval	Joel Craig	Forrest Crissey	Robin Currie
David Curry	Bruce Cutler	Garin L. Cycholl	Jeffrey Daniels
Ann Darr	Lawrence O Dean	Albert DeGenova	Mary McCormack Deka
Gary DeNeal	George Hill Dillon	Jacob Donley	Glenn W. Dresbach
Henry Dumas	John J. Dunphy	Kelly Norman Ellis	Elaine Equi
Dave Etter	Janet Ayer Fairbank	Richard Fammeree	Eileen Favorite
Kenneth Fearing	Lisa Fishman	Robert Fitzgerald	Rachel Contreni Flynn
Flora Wallis Foss	Tobin Fraley	Barry Frauman	Edith Freund
Paul Friedrich	David Friend	Allison Funk	Cynthia Gallaher
Patricia Gangas	Paul Garon	Joseph Gastiger	Lucia Cordell Getsi
Sarah Sovereign Getty	Reginald Gibbons	Marilyn Huntman Giese	(Lerman) Zack Gilbert
Ken Gilbert	Virginia Gilbert	Victor David Giron	Albert Goldbarth
Goldie Goldbloom	Sandy Goldsmith	Ruth Goring	Judy Grahn
Gerri R. Gray	Thomas Gregg	Dwight David Gross	Dan Guillory
Carolyn Guinzio	Jeff Gundy	Susan Hahn	Samuel W. Hale III
M. Eliza Hamilton	Janice N. Harrington	Hermene Hartman	Darryl Harvey
Carol Hegberg	David Hernandez	Hope C. Hill	Daryl Hine
Nathan Hoks	Chris Holaves	Brandi Homan	Kenneth Hopkins
Richard Hovey	Bette Howland	Louise L. Hullinger	Tim Hunt
Edgar Allen Imhoff	Daniel Scott Irwin	Sandra Jackson-Opoku	Toneal M. Jackson
Zachary Michael Jack	John Jacob	Angie Michelle James	Phyllis Janik
Larry Janowski	Tyehimba Jess	Allan Johnston	Devin Johnston
Joyce Marie Jones	Judy Jordan	Allison Joseph	Valente Judith
Michael Kadela	Alexander Karanikas	Jennifer Karmin	Reginald Kee
Brigit Pegeen Kelly	Vanessa King	Mary Kinzie	John Knoepfle
Kristen Koppers	Stephen Koritta	Joseph J Kozma	Joanna Kurowska
Susanna Lang	Quraysh Ali Lansana	Wayne Lanter	E'mon Lauren
David Lazar	Doreen Ambrose-Van Lee	Li-Young Lee	Marcellus Julien Leonard
Jennifer Celeste Lester	Francesco Levato	Lauren Levato	Janet Loxley Lewis
Laurence Lieberman	Vachel Lindsay	Judy R. Little	Christina Ericson Lovin
Gail Lukasik	Lennart Lundh	Alyce Lyle	Joanie Mackowski
Haki R. Madhubuti	Michael David Madonick	Shanny Jean Maney	Martin Marcus
Margaret Dubay Mikus, Ph.D.	William Marr	Edgar Lee Masters	Marcia Lee Masters
Don S. McClure	Gene McCormick	Orlando Menes	Sharon Mesmer
Linda Mitchell	Faisal Mohyuddin	Harriet Monroe	William Vaughn Moody
A.D. Moore	Bill Morgan	Paul Scott Mowrer	Lisel Mueller
Simone Muench	Peggy Munson	Gerald Edward Murray	Jarrett Neal
Rosina Neginsky	John G. Neihardt	Julie Parson Nesbitt	Amy Newman
Charlie Newman	Barbra Nightingale	John Fredrick Nims	Raul Nino
Molly F. Norwood	Elder James Olsen	Daniela Olszewska	James Horton Palmer
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks	Julie Parson-Nesbitt	Stanley Victor Paskavich	Johanny Vazquez Paz
Charlotte Pence	Mark Perlberg	Brandye Phillips	Patty Dickson Pieczka
Sterling Plumpp	Fran Podulka	Susan Azar Porterfield	Donna Pucciani
Mark E. Pulsifer	Courtney Queeney	Henry Rago	Ned Randle
Patrick T. Reardon	Srikanth Reddy	Beatrice Schenk de Regniers	Jim Reiss
Dustin Renwick	Charles Reynard	James Ivy Richardson III	Michael Robbins
Ed Roberson	Tom Roby	Carolyn M. Rogers	Alane Rollings
Franklin Rosemont	Deborah Nodler Rosen	Charles Rossiter	Erika L. Sanchez
Carl Sandburg	Lawrence Santoro	Larry Sawyer	Jennifer Scappettone
Michelle Schaub	James Marcus Schuyler	Charles Schwartz	Maureen Seaton
Gregg Shapiro	Karl Jay Shapiro	Charles D. Simic	Andrea Witzke Slot
Jared R.W. Smith	Patricia Lee Smith	Carol Spelius	Beth Staas
Maura Stanton	Frances Cook Steen	Ruth Stephan	Debra J Stewart
Jack Stillinger	Christy Stillwell	Mark Strand	Jason Sturner
Robert Sward	Edward Robeson Taylor	J.J. Tindall	Bill Tinley
James Treat	Natasha Trethewey	Billy Tuggle	Joanna Beth Tweedy
Ed Donald Two-Rivers	Michael Tyler	Danny Mahlon Underwood	Judith Valente
Jean Valentine	Wendy Vardaman	Frank Varela	Beth Copeland Vargo
Thomas L. Vaultonburg	Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody	Doris Vidaver	Lina Ramona Vitkauskas
Michael Van Walleghen	Jessica Lee Walsh	William Wantling	Edward R. Ward
Kathleen Welton	Ingrid Wendt	Paul O. Williams	Phillip B. Williams
Tonya Latrice Wilson	Christian Wiman	Yvor Winters	Sally Wisenburg
Debra Woodard	Debra Woodward	Robert Wrigley	Mark Yakich
Lauren Yoder	Emily Jungmin Yoon	Dean Young	Jessie Johnson Young
Reggie Scott Young	Adam Zagajewski