David Swerdlow is the author of three full-length collections of poetry and a novel. His work has appeared in many distinguished publications, including Poetry, American Poetry Review, Iowa Review, Laurel Review, and Poetry Northwest. The recipient of several awards, Swerdlow has served as a Fulbright Professor of American Literature in Peru, as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, and as visiting faculty on two Semester at Sea voyages. He now co-directs The James Wright Poetry Festival. Since 1990, he has taught literature and creative writing at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
