STEVEN RATINER has published three poetry chapbooks, and is completing work on three
full-length collections. His work has appeared in scores of journals in America and abroad
including Parnassus, Agni, Hanging Loose, Poet Lore, Salamander, QRLS (Singapore) and
Poetry Australia. He’s also written poetry criticism for The Christian Science Monitor, The San
Francisco Chronicle, and The Washington Post. Giving Their Word – Conversations with
Contemporary Poets was re-issued in a paperback edition (University of Massachusetts Press)
and features interviews with many of poetry’s most important figures. He has just completed his
third term as the Poet Laureate for Arlington, Massachusetts. His weekly Red Letter Poems
features a diverse range of poets, from up-and-coming voices to some of America’s most
substantial voices. (steven.arlingtonlaureate@gmail.com).