Poetry. Art. With illustrations by Liz Maxwell. John Taggart, poet and theorist, was born in 1942 and lives in Pennsylvania. He was educated at Chicago and Syracuse Universities, and has published several books of poetry as well as translations and essays on contemporary poetry and poetics. He was founder editor of the influential magazine, Maps. "John Taggart's CROSSES [is] one of the few books of poetry produced in English/American over the past ten years that could properly be called stunning. John is one of two or three here who will have permanence. Both George Oppen and Robert Duncan hailed his appearance years ago--and for my money they were right. A fearsome intelligence wedded to a kind of craftsmanship that happens once or twice a generation"--Theodore Enslin.

Author City: SHIPPENSBURG, PA USA

John Taggart is the author of fourteen books of poetry and two books of criticism. He was, for many years, a professor of English and director of the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Shippensburg University. He lives near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.