This week we welcome Peter J. Shippy as our guest blogger. Peter is the author of 3 books, the most recent is How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic (Rose Metal Press). He teaches at Emerson College, in Boston. For poems and updates: www.peterjayshippy.com.
Welcome, Peter.
In other news. . .Congratulations to Justin Sherwood, winner of the 2012 Paul Violi Prize in Poetry. Alissa Fleck and Lenea Grace were naked as runenrs-up. Given annually to a poetry student in the New School's graduate writing program, the cash prize was established in honor of the late poet and New School professor Paul Violi (1944-2011).