Editors of the Seneca Review

Editor:
Deborah Tall has edited Seneca Review since 1982. She is the author of four books of poems, most recently Summons, chosen by Charles Simic for the Kathryn A. Morton Prize and published by Sarabande Books. She's also author of several books of nonfiction, including The Island of the White Cow: Memories of an Irish Island, From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place, and the forthcoming A Family of Strangers. And Tall is co-editor, with Stephen Kuusisto and David Weiss, of The Poet's Notebook, published by Norton, which originated from a special issue of Seneca Review. She teaches literature and writing at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Associate Editor:
John D'Agata, a graduate of Hobart College, completed M.F.A.s in both poetry and nonfiction at the Iowa Writers Workshop. His first collection of lyric essays, Halls of Fame, was published by Graywolf and was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. He also edited an anthology, The Next American Essay, for Graywolf. His next book is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. D’Agata now teaches at the University of Iowa.

Contributing Editors:

Donald Hall, esteemed for his poetry and prose, has a long association with Seneca Review. His book, To Keep Moving -- Essays 1959-1969, is available from Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press.

Barbara Harlow, of the University of Texas, is well-known for her work on prison poetry and has contributed to several special features in Seneca Review.

Susan Holahan has worked as a lawyer, a journalist, and a professor of writing. She now lives and writes in East Middlebury, Vermont. Her collection of poems, Sister Betty Reads the Whole You, was winner of the 1997 Peregrine Smith Poetry Competition.

Stephen Kuusisto's memoir, The Planet of the Blind, was published by Dial Press to great acclaim. His collection of poems, Only Bread, Only Light, was recently published by Copper Canyon. Kuusisto teaches in the M.F.A. program at Ohio State University.  

Rosanna Warren is the award-winning author of Stained Glass and Each Leaf Shines Separate. She has also published a translation of Euripides's Suppliant Women (with Stephen Scully) and edited The Art of Translation: Voices from the Field. She teaches at Boston University and is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

David Weiss's novel, The Mensch, was recently published by Mid-List Press as a winner in their first novel contest. He has also published two collections of poems and numerous essays on poetry. He teaches at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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