A Poetry Journal
Established August 1998

Fall 2008 Contributors:
Poems by:
Michael Agresta
Lucy Anderton
Kate Angus
Christopher Arigo
Sally Ball
Brandy Barents
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Curtis Bauer
Charles Bernstein
Mark Bibbins
Annie Boutelle
Terri Brandmueller
John Brehm
Marion Brown
David Stanford Burr
Tina Chang
Nicole Cooley
David Corcoran
Alfred Corn
Cynie Cory
Tom Daley
Julie Danho
Ruth Danon
Sally Dawidoff
Sharon Dolin
Wendy Drexler
Jehanne Dubrow
Denise Duhamel
Christina Duhig
Rebecca Dunham
Haines Eason
Moira Egan
Lynn Emanuel
Jeffrey Encke
Elaine Equi
Angie Estes
Matthew Everett

Carmen Firan trans. By Adam J. Sorkin
David Joel Friedman
Karie Friedman
Elisabeth Frost
Noah Gershman
Evan Glasson
David Groff
Charles Harper Web
Lilah Hegnauer
Lois Hirshkowitz
Richard Hoffman
Amy Holman
Shannon Jonas
Steven Karl
Claudia Keelan
Dore Kiesslbach
Cindy E. King
Stacie Leatherman
David Lehman
Richard Lehnert
Phillis Levin
Deena Linett
Joanne Lowery
Jacqueline Lyons
Stephen Massimilla
Louise Mathias
Sandy McIntosh
Sharon Mesmer
Jennifer Moore
Peter Moore
Rusty Morrison
Robert Nazarene
Collier Nogues
Jacqueline Osherow
Kathleen Ossip
Sarah Paley
Amy Ratto Parks
Molly Peacock
Michael Peterson
Carl Phillips
Marie Ponsot
Michael Pontacoloni
D.A. Powell
Christina Pugh
Jody Rambo
Chelsea Rathburn
Evelyn Reilly
Donald Revell
Liz Robbins
Corinne Robins
Steven D. Schroeder
Elaine Sexton
Soraya Shalforoosh
Larissa Shmailo
Hilary Sideris
Richard Sime
Ely Shipley
Tracy K. Smith
Patricia Spears Jones
Nicole Steinberg
Alison Stone
Jackson Taylor
Susan Terris
Goran Tomcic
Kate Umans
Laura Van Prooyen
G.C. Waldrep
Joni Wallace
A.E. Watkins
Rachel Wetzsteon
Jerry Williams
David Wojahn

Sample poems from past issues:  ( For all contributors see Past Issues.)
Judith Baumel
Geoff Bouvier
Stephen Burt
Trent Busch
Tina Cane
Liza Charlesworth
Sharon Chmielarz
Ray DiPalma
Patrick Donnelly
Stephen Dunn
Jeffrey Encke
Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jane Hirshfield
Emily Fragos
Taj Jackson
Annie Kantar
Joy Katz
David Lehman
Richard Lehnert
Jeffrey Levine
Pablo Medina
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Jason Ott
Ishle Yi Park
Donald Revell
William Rushton
Angela Rydell
Amanda Schaffer
Lacy Schutz
Hilary Sideris
Charlie Smith
Vanessa Stauffer
Paula Szuchman
Jean Valentine
Jerry Williams
Susan S. Williams
Scott Withiam
Robert Wrigley
Rachel Zucker

 



Prizes/Awards:
Poems from Barrow Street have been selected for inclusion in several recent volumes of The Best American Poetry, edited respectively by Heather McHugh (2007), Billy Collins (2006), Paul Muldoon, (2005), Yusef Komunyakaa (2003), Robert Creeley (2002), Robert Hass (The 2001), and Rita Dove (2000).

Kazim Ali "The Art of Breathing" Summer 2006
     -Best American Poetry 2007
Ed Ochester "Voltaire at Cirey, 1736" Winter 2005
     -Best American Poetry 2007
Craig Arnold "Couple from Hell" Summer 2005
     -Best American Poetry 2006
Christine Scanlon "The Grilled Cheese Sandwich" Summer 2004
     -Best American Poetry 2005
Ishle Yi Park "Queen Min Bee" Summer2002
     -Best American Poetry 2003
Diane di Prima "Midsummer" Winter 2001
     -Best American Poetry 2002
D. Nurkse "Snapshot from Niagra" Winter 2001
     -Best American Poetry 2002
Kathleen Ossip "The Nature of Things" Summer 2000
     -Best American Poetry 2001
Denise Duhamel "Incest Taboo" Spring 1999
     -Best American Poetry 2000
Kim Addonizio "Virgin Spring" Fall 1998
     -Best American Poetry 2000