Richard Jones

Richard Jones is the author of seven books of poems, including his most recent volume, Apropos of Nothing (Copper Canyon Press, 2006), and a forthcoming collection, The Correct Spelling & Exact Meaning (Copper Canyon, 2009). A volume of new and collected poems, The Blessing (Copper Canyon, 2000), won the Society of Midland Authors Award for poetry. For twenty-nine years he has been editor of the literary journal Poetry East, which celebrates poetry, translation, and art from around the world. He lives in Chicago, where he is a professor of English at DePaul University. (updated 1/2009)

AGNI has published the following work by Richard Jones:

•Rest Stop
•Servants
•The Summer of Writing Movies
•Today I Am Wearing a Suit