Keith Holyoak is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UCLA. His poems and translations from Chinese have appeared in numerous magazines in North America, Europe and New Zealand. The bilingual collection Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du (Oyster River Press) appeared in 2007. A collection of his own poems, My Minotaur: Selected Poems 1998-2006, will be published soon by Dos Madres Press.
London Poetry Review The Pennsylvania Review Verse WeeklyCross this Bridge at a Walk, is now available from Wind Publications in Kentucky.
Its sixteen narrative poems recount incidents in America’s history from the Revolution to the present, with cameo appearances by Mother Ann Lee, Emily Dickinson, Scott Joplin, and Bix Beiderbecke.
To read sample poems from the book, go to “Coxey’s Army,” “Spirea,” or “Jesus Walking on the Water.”
We offer to anyone who contributes $20 or more to The Formalist Portal a free hard copy of Alfred Dorn’s latest book, Visits and Vistas, signed by the author. This book is a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and only 20 of them remain available. They will be given to contributors on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of Alfred Dorn’s earlier books are offered by on-line booksellers for prices as high as $175, and signed copies of his books are very scarce. Don’t delay!
