Don Bogen (he/him) is the author of five books of poetry: Immediate Song (Milkweed Editions, 2019), An Algebra (University of Chicago Press, 2009), Luster (Wesleyan University Press, 2003), The Known World (Wesleyan, 1997), and After the Splendid Display (Wesleyan, 1986). His translation of Europa: Selected Poems of Julio Martínez Mesanza was published by Diálogos / Lavender Ink in 2016. He has also written a critical book on Theodore Roethke and collaborated with composers from the U.S. and abroad. Prizes for his work include The Writer / Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Camargo Foundation. He has held Fulbright positions at the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Vigo in Spain and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry of Queen’s University, Belfast. Nathaniel Ropes Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati, he maintains a website at www.donbogen.com.
