Robert M. West teaches English at Mississippi State University. He is editor of Blink: A Little Little Magazine of Little Poems. He received his Ph.D in English from the University of NC-Chapel Hill where he also served as managing editor of The Carolina Quarterly. His poems and criticism have appeared in a number of literary journals, including Poetry, Asheville Poetry Review, The Cortland Review, Pembroke Magazine, and The Connecticut Review.
Lee Ann Brown Ron Rash Jeffery Beam Phebe Davidson Welsh Lyn Lifshin Quincy Troupe Hungarian Marilyn Kallet Janice Moore Fuller Eugenio Montale Patrick Bizzaro Gearóid Mac Lochlainn J. W. Bonner Russian R. T. Smith Emöke Z. B’Racz William Matthews Spanish Jonathan Williams Patricia Smith Simon Perchik Marilyn Hacker Luke Hankins Thomas Rain Crowe Stella Vinitchi Radulescu Review Bill Knott Jonathan Greene Ryan G. Van Cleave Jack Hirschman Al Maginnes Michael Harper Essay Sally Buckner Thomas P. Feeny Robert Creeley Emmanuel Moses Gaylord Brewer Kathryn Stripling Byer Newton Smith Dede Wilson Robert Bly Keith Flynn Rene Char