Poetry. Dan Featherston is the author of three other book-length collections of poetry, THE CLOCK MAKER'S MEMOIR (Cuneiform Press, 2007), UNITED STATES (Factory School, 2005), and INTO THE EARTH (Quarry Press, 2005), as well as five shorter collections. He lives in Philadelphia and teaches at Temple. Sections of THE RADIANT WORLD have appeared in several journals, including Cultural Society, FIRST INTENSITY, NEW AMERICAN WRITING, Ploughshares, and Sulfur, as well as the chapbook Rooms (Paper Brain/Factory School).

Author Hometown: PHILADELPHIA, PA USA



About the author: Dan Featherston (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is a scholar of modern and contemporary American literature and a poet whose books include THE RADIANT WORLD (BlazeVox, 2009), THE CLOCK MAKER'S MEMOIR (Cuneiform Press, 2007), UNITED STATES (Factory School, 2005), and INTO THE EARTH (Quarry Press, 2005). Featherston's scholarly writing appears in a number of publications, including Modernism/Modernity, Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review, Charles Olson: A Poet's Prose, The World in Time & Space: Towards a History of Innovative Poetry in Our Time, and Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. He also served as assistant editor (2003-2004) of the Arizona Quarterly and editor (2001-2003) of A.BACUS, a journal of experimental poetry and translation. Featherston has taught courses in literature, creative writing, and composition at several universities. He has also guest lectured and given talks and readings throughout the United States. Featherston is currently a visiting assistant professor in the First-Year Writing Program at Temple University. He lives in Philadelphia with Rachel McCrystal and their companion animals Fredo, Mazzy, and Itze.