Eratosphere is a free-to-join workshop for formal poetry. Additionally, it is a forum for free verse, for poetry and prose translation, fiction, art, literary criticism, and critical discussions on writing. It was founded in 1999 by Alexander Pepple as a workshop complement to

Able Muse ''Able Muse'' is a literary magazine established in 1999 by editor-in-chief Alexander Pepple in San Jose, California. It started as an online publication, publishing poems, short stories, essays, book reviews, art, and photography from authors w ...

. Eratosphere moderators have included some of the best known formal poets, with the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Marilyn Taylor, A. M. Juster, A. E. Stallings, and R. S. Gwynn among them. The Distinguished Guest forum continues to host presentations and discussions with renowned writers and poets, such as former US Poet Laureate

Richard Wilbur Richard Purdy Wilbur (March 1, 1921 – October 14, 2017) was an American poet and literary translator. One of the foremost poets, along with his friend Anthony Hecht, of the World War II generation, Wilbur's work, often employing rhyme, and c ...

, the late

Anthony Hecht Anthony Evan Hecht (January 16, 1923 – October 20, 2004) was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, an ...

Timothy Steele Timothy Steele (born January 22, 1948) is an American poet, who generally writes in meter and rhyme. His early poems, which began appearing in the 1970s in such magazines as ''Poetry, The Southern Review'', and X. J. Kennedy's ''Counter/Measures ...

, Charles Martin, and X. J. Kennedy. These discussions are permanently archived and accessible online. As such, it has been cited by academics and others as a reference (e.g., professor Susan Santovasi of

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

political poetry Political poetry brings together politics and poetry. According to "The Politics of Poetry" by David Orr, poetry and politics connect through expression and feeling, although both of them are matters of persuasion. Political poetry connects to pe ...

), whether to gauge poetic trends and beliefs or otherwise. Andrew Frisardi, the noted translator of Dante, acknowledges the help of members and moderators at Eratosphere’s Translation Board in the preparation of his translation of Dante’s ''Vita Nova'' Poets who are members of Eratosphere and who have contributed content to the site at various times include Willis Barnstone
John Beaton

Geoffrey Brock Geoffrey Brock (born October 19, 1964) is an American poet and translator. Since 2006 he has taught creative writing and literary translation at the University of Arkansas, where he is Distinguished Professor of English. Biography Brock is the s ...

, Terese Coe, Maryann Corbett, Dick Davis (translator), Gregory Dowling, Jehanne Dubrow,

Rhina Espaillat Rhina Polonia Espaillat (born January 20, 1932, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a bilingual Dominican-American poet and translator who is affiliated with the literary movement known as New Formalism in American poetry. She has published el ...

, Mark Granier, M.A. Griffiths, R. S. Gwynn,

Lee Gurga Lee Gurga (born July 28, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American haiku poet. In 1997 he served as president of the Haiku Society of America. He was the editor of '' Modern Haiku'' magazine from 2002 to 2006, and is the current editor of the Mod ...

, A.M. Juster (the pen name of Michael J. Astrue),

Julie Kane Julie Kane (born July 20, 1952 in Boston) is a contemporary American poet, scholar, and editor and was the Louisiana Poet Laureate for the 2011–2013 term. Although born in Massachusetts, Kane has lived in Louisiana for over three decades and ...

, Len Krisak, Paul Lake, David Mason,

Mary Meriam Mary Meriam (born 1955) is an American poet and editor. She is a founding editor of Headmistress Press, one of the few presses (possibly the only press) in the United States specializing in lesbian poetry. Biography Mary Meriam was born in Pa ...

, Susan McLean, Robert Mezey, Timothy Murphy, Jennifer Reeser, A. E. Stallings, Catherine Tufariello, Wendy Videlock, Richard Wakefield, John Whitworth, and Greg Williamson (poet).

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