Poetry for Students, Volume 31

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Contributors

Susan Andersen:Andersen holds a Ph.D. in lit-

erature and teaches literature and writing.

Entry on ‘‘An Ancient Gesture.’’ Original

essay on ‘‘An Ancient Gesture.’’

Bryan Aubrey:Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English.

Entries on ‘‘Losses,’’ ‘‘A Noiseless Patient

Spider,’’ and ‘‘Runagate Runagate.’’ Original

essays on ‘‘Losses,’’ ‘‘A Noiseless Patient

Spider,’’ and ‘‘Runagate Runagate.’’

Jennifer Bussey:Bussey has a bachelor’s degree

in English literature and a master’s degree in

interdisciplinary studies. She is an indepen-

dent writer specializing in literature. Entries

on ‘‘Huswifery,’’ ‘‘Outside History,’’ and

‘‘Some People Like Poetry.’’ Original essays

on ‘‘Huswifery,’’ ‘‘Outside History,’’ and

‘‘Some People Like Poetry.’’

Sheldon Goldfarb:Goldfarb is a specialist in

Victorian literature who has published non-

fiction books as well as a young-adult novel

set in Victorian times. Entry on ‘‘Storm

Ending.’’ Original essay on ‘‘Storm Ending.’’

Joyce Hart:Hart is a published author and free-

lance writer. Entry on ‘‘Lineage.’’ Original

essay on ‘‘Lineage.’’

Neil Heims:Heims is a freelance writer and the

author or editor of over two dozen books on

literary subjects. Entry on ‘‘The Wreck of

the Hesperus.’’ Original essay on ‘‘The

Wreck of the Hesperus.’’

Diane Andrews Henningfeld:Henningfeld is a

professor emerita of literature who writes

widely for educational publishers. Entry on

‘‘The Black Snake.’’ Original essay on ‘‘The

Black Snake.’’

Sheri Metzger Karmiol:Karmiol has a doctorate

in English Renaissance literature and tea-

ches literature and drama at the University

of New Mexico, where she is a lecturer in the

University Honors Program. Karmiol is

also a professional writer and the author of

several reference texts on poetry and drama.

Entry on ‘‘Fragment 2.’’ Original essay on

‘‘Fragment 2.’’

David Kelly:Kelly is a writer and an instructor of

creative writing and literature. Entry on

‘‘The Hippopotamus.’’ Original essay on

‘‘The Hippopotamus.’’

Bradley A. Skeen:Skeen is a classics professor.

Entry on ‘‘A Tree Telling of Orpheus.’’ Origi-

nal essay on ‘‘A Tree Telling of Orpheus.’’

Leah Tieger:Tieger is a freelance writer and

editor. Entries on ‘‘The Fish’’ and ‘‘Lament

for Ignacio Sa ́nchez Mejı ́as.’’ Original essays

on ‘‘The Fish’’ and ‘‘Lament for Ignacio

Sa ́nchez Mejı ́as.’’

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