The ''Hiram Poetry Review'' is an American
literary magazine founded in 1966 by
Hiram College
Hiram College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Hiram, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute by Amos Sutton Hayden and other members of the Disciples of Christ Church. The college is nonse ...
English professor Hale Chatfield.
It is published annually.
The journal publishes original poetry, poetry reviews and interviews with established poets.
Work that has been published in the ''Hiram Poetry Review'' has been reprinted in the
Pushcart Prize Anthology. The journal played an important role in establishing the career of
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German Americans, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambien ...
, whose work appeared frequently in the journal between 1966 and 1969.
[Dorbin, Sanford. ''A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski'', 1969.] The ''Review'' and its editor in chief, Hale Chatfield, were also instrumental in the posthumous publication of the works of
Henry Dumas
Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an American writer and poet. He has been called "an absolute genius" by Toni Morrison, who as a commissioning editor at Random House published posthumous collections both of his poetry, ''Play Ebo ...
, one of Chatfield's fellow students at Rutgers.
Notable contributors
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Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic.Nagamatsu, Sequoia "A Few Words with the Ubiquitous Jacob M. Appel" ''Prince Mincer'' Journal http://primemincer.com/ con ...
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Russell Banks
Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". He drew from ...
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Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German Americans, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambien ...
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Lyn Coffin
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Henry Dumas
Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an American writer and poet. He has been called "an absolute genius" by Toni Morrison, who as a commissioning editor at Random House published posthumous collections both of his poetry, ''Play Ebo ...
*Norman Hoegberg
*Christina Kallery
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Robert Lax
Robert Lax (November 30, 1915 – September 26, 2000) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of dri ...
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Virgil Suarez
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' ( ...
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Don Winter
See also
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List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
''Hiram Poetry Review''
Annual magazines published in the United States
Hiram College
Magazines established in 1966
Magazines published in Ohio
Poetry magazines published in the United States
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