I’m the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor in Humanities at Case Western Reserve University, and I edit fiction and poetry for The Atlantic. I currently serve as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Academic Affairs for the College of Arts and Sciences at CWRU.
I’m writing a book about teaching literature, and about my optimistic view of the future of reading and writing.
My other books include, most recently, The Singing Word: 168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic, an anthology of poetry published in The Atlantic since 1857, beginning with “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
Books in order of publication:
Atopias – 2017
Forms of a World – 2019
Some Flowers – 2022
The American House Poem, 1945-2021 – 2023
The Singing Word:168 Years of Poetry from The Atlantic – 2025
