Robert M. West teaches English at Mississippi State University. He is editor of Blink: A Little Little Magazine of Little Poems. He received his Ph.D in English from the University of NC-Chapel Hill where he also served as managing editor of The Carolina Quarterly. His poems and criticism have appeared in a number of literary journals, including Poetry, Asheville Poetry Review, The Cortland Review, Pembroke Magazine, and The Connecticut Review.
Newton Smith Ryan G. Van Cleave Dede Wilson Phebe Davidson Rene Char Michael Harper Robert Creeley Patrick Bizzaro Luke Hankins Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Jonathan Greene Quincy Troupe Kathryn Stripling Byer Thomas P. Feeny Lee Ann Brown Gearóid Mac Lochlainn Lyn Lifshin J. W. Bonner Thomas Rain Crowe Jack Hirschman Emöke Z. B’Racz Welsh Keith Flynn Robert Bly Russian Bill Knott Jonathan Williams Emmanuel Moses Eugenio Montale Al Maginnes Review Jeffery Beam Essay Hungarian Marilyn Hacker Spanish Simon Perchik Sally Buckner William Matthews R. T. Smith Janice Moore Fuller Patricia Smith Gaylord Brewer Marilyn Kallet Ron Rash