A Poetry Journal
Established August 1998

Winter 2015/2016 Contributors:
Poems by:
B.J. Best
Joan Biddle
Ryan Bonner
Susan Bruce
J.P. Celia
Christopher Childers
Andrew Coan
Taylor Collier
Marsha Truman Cooper
David Corcoran
Charlie Coté
Gillian Cummings
Joey De Jesus
Travis Wayne Denton
Kim Dower
Amy Dryansky
Beth Dufford
John Estes
B.K. Fischer
Brad Garber
Jessica Goodfellow
Beth Gylys
Mary Stewart Hammond
David Handsher
Chad Hanson
Michael Homolka
Adam Houle
Bergen Hutaff

Jenny Irish
Dan Ivec
Maya Janson
Laura Judge
Peycho Kanev
Michael Keenan
Brent Kite
Laurie Klein
Philip Kobylarz
Richard Kostelanetz
Lisa C. Krueger
Gerry LaFemina
David Dodd Lee
Esther Lee
Phillis Levin
Dong Li
Paul Lojeski
Jane Lowry
Susannah Maltz
Calgary Martin
Stephen Massimilla
J.G. McClure
Anna Meister
David Moolten
Clark Moore
Kathryn Nuernberger
Jeanne Obbard
Sarah Paley
Alexander Pepple
Terry Persun
Kevin Phan
Dan Pinkerton
Ben Purkert
Doug Ramspeck
Christine Robbins
Lauren J. Roberts
David Ruekberg
JL Schneider
Maggie Schwed
Susannah Sheffer
Alex Silberman
Susan Sonde
Myrna Stone
Nathanael Tagg
Matthew Ulland
Leah Umansky
Arto Vaun
G.C. Waldrep
Eric Weinstein
W.R. Weinstein
Sandy Weisman
Joseph P. Wood
David Yezzi
John Yohe
Kip Zegers
Maya Jewell Zeller
WORK IN PROGRESS
Elana Bell

WINNER, 2014 BARROW STREET BOOK PRIZE
Poems from Our Emotions Get Carried Away Beyond Us
Danielle Cadena Deulen

SPECIAL FEATURE: POETS AND PLACE
Poems from Britain, Ireland, and Wales
Damian Walford Davies
Jonathan Edwards
David McLoghlin
Martin Monahan
Pascale Petit
Sample poems from past issues:  ( For all contributors see Past Issues.)
Judith Baumel
Geoff Bouvier
Stephen Burt
Trent Busch
Tina Cane
Liza Charlesworth
Sharon Chmielarz
Ray DiPalma
Patrick Donnelly
Stephen Dunn
Jeffrey Encke
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jane Hirshfield
Emily Fragos
Taj Jackson
Annie Kantar
Joy Katz
David Lehman
Richard Lehnert
Jeffrey Levine
Pablo Medina
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Jason Ott
Ishle Yi Park
Donald Revell
William Rushton
Angela Rydell
Amanda Schaffer
Lacy Schutz
Hilary Sideris
Charlie Smith
Vanessa Stauffer
Paula Szuchman
Jean Valentine
Jerry Williams
Susan S. Williams
Scott Withiam
Robert Wrigley
Rachel Zucker

 



Prizes/Awards:
Poems from Barrow Street have been selected for inclusion in several recent volumes of The Best American Poetry, edited respectively by Denise Duhamel (2013), Mark Doty (2012) David Wagoner (2009), Charles Wright (2008), Heather McHugh (2007), Billy Collins (2006), Paul Muldoon, (2005), Yusef Komunyakaa (2003), Robert Creeley (2002), Robert Hass (The 2001), and Rita Dove (2000).

    Best American Poetry 2013
      Stephanie Stricklan, "Introductions" Winter 2013
    Best American Poetry 2012
      Erica Dawson, "Back Matter" Winter 2012
    Best American Poetry 2009
      Denise Duhamel, "How It Will End" Winter 2007
    Best American Poetry 2008
      Charles Bernstein, "Ku(na)hay" Summer 2007
      D. Nurkse, "The Gate of Abraham" Winter 2007
      Lee Upton, "Thomas Hardy" Winter 2006
    Best American Poetry 2007
      Kazim Ali "The Art of Breathing" Summer 2006
      Daniel Johnson "Do Unto Others" Summer 2006
      Thomas Fink, "Yinglish Strophes IX" Winter 2005
      Ed Ochester "Voltaire at Cirey, 1736" Winter 2005
    Best American Poetry 2006
      Craig Arnold "Couple from Hell" Summer 2005
    Best American Poetry 2005
      Christine Scanlon "The Grilled Cheese Sandwich" Summer 2004
    Best American Poetry 2003
      Ishle Yi Park "Queen Min Bee" Summer2002
    Best American Poetry 2002
      Diane di Prima "Midsummer" Winter 2001
      D. Nurkse "Snapshot from Niagra" Winter 2001
    Best American Poetry 2001
      Kathleen Ossip "The Nature of Things" Summer 2000
    Best American Poetry 2000
      Denise Duhamel "Incest Taboo" Spring 1999
      Kim Addonizio "Virgin Spring" Fall 1998