''32 Poems Magazine'' (''32 Poems'') is a literary magazine, founded in the American states of

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and

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in 2003, that has published poems from writers around the world.

About

This independent magazine, founded by Deborah Ager and

John Poch John Poch (born 1966 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, fiction writer, and critic. Biography John Poch holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas. He was the ina ...

, made its debut at the 2003

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Conference in

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and publishes a winter issue in November and a spring issue in April. In the beginning, ''32 Poems'' published only poetry. Since at least the Fall of 2013 it also publishes prose. Each issue contains 32 poems for a total of 64 poems published per year. Board members include:

C. Dale Young C. Dale Young (born April 18, 1969) is an American poet and writer, physician, editing, editor and educator of Asian and Latino descent. Life Young writes and publishes poetry and short stories, practices medicine full-time, and teaches in the W ...

B.H. Fairchild B.H. Fairchild (born 1942) is an American poet and former college professor. His most recent book is ''An Ordinary Life'' ( W.W. Norton, 2023), and his poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''The New Yorker'', '' The Pa ...

, Deborah Ager, and

Grace Schulman Grace Schulman (born ''Grace Jan Waldman''; 1935 in New York City). Daughter of Bernard and Marcella Waldman. She is an American poet. She received the 2016 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, awarded by the Poe ...

. ''32 Poems'' is currently edited by George David Clark.

Contributors

Contributors have included:

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Co ...

, Brigit Pegeen Kelly,

Lydia Davis Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other languages, who often writes very short stories. Davis has produced several new translations of French literary classics ...

, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, A.E. Stallings, William Logan, G.C. Waldrep, Rosemary Winslow, Jeannine Hall Gailey,

Chad Davidson Chad Davidson (born 1970 in Southern California) is an American poet and translator. Biography Chad Davidson holds a BA, MA, and PhD in English from California State University, San Bernardino, the University of North Texas, and Binghamton Univer ...

, Paul Guest, Bob Hicok,

H. L. Hix Harvey Lee Hix (born 1960) is an American poetry, American poet and academic. Hix is an author of books of poetry, criticism and essays and has been awarded a fellowship from the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts). He has also won the KCAI Teac ...

, James Hoch, Lia Purpura, Daniel Nester,

Dan O'Brien Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992. Early life ...

, Robin Beth Schaer,

Amit Majmudar Amit Majmudar (born 1979) is an American novelist and poet. In 2015, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Ohio. Life Majmudar, a son of Indian immigrants, grew up in the Cleveland area. He earned a BS at the University of Akron and an MD at N ...

Lisa Russ Spaar Lisa Russ Spaar is a contemporary American poet, professor, and essayist. She is currently a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia and the director of the Area Program in Poetry Writing. She is the author of nu ...

Bernadette Geyer Bernadette K. Geyer (born June 16, 1968) is a poet, writer, translator, and editor in Berlin, Germany. Life She graduated from Allegheny College. She worked for the US Fuel Cell Council, and was deputy director of Fuel Cells 2000; she served as ...

J.E. Pitts J. E. Pitts (December 28, 1967 – August 19, 2010) was an American poet, songwriter, musician, photographer, artist, designer, and editor. Life J. E. (James Edward) "Jimmy" Pitts was born in and grew up in Corinth, Mississippi. He graduated fr ...

Stephen Graham Jones Stephen Graham Jones (born January 22, 1972) is a Piegan Blackfoot, Blackfeet Native Americans in the United States, Native American author of experimental fiction, horror fiction, crime fiction, and science fiction. His works include the horror ...

, Katie Umans, Averill Curdy, Steven D. Schroeder, Christopher Cessac, Katie Chaple, Emily Walter, Diana Smith Bolton, Kelli Russell Agodon,

Amanda Auchter Amanda Auchter (born 1977 Baytown, Texas) is an American writer, professor, and editor. She is an editor and author of poetry, nonfiction essays, and book reviews. Personal life Amanda Auchter received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Wr ...

, Andrea Hollander Budy, Jacqueline Kolosov, Sebastian Matthews, Daniele Pantano.

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External links

32 Poems home page
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