Kevin Prufer
Jean Ross Justice: On the Life & Work of an American Master
Ryan Bollenbach & Kevin Prufer
Unsung Masters Series, 2022
"Bringing into print the work of great, underappreciated, and out-of-print authors."
Ten stories by Jean Ross Justice
Essays by Mary Szybist, Christian Schlegel, Michael Smolinsky, and Lan Samantha Chang
An Interview with Nat Justice.
"A welcome, distinguished collection by an overlooked master of 20th century fiction." —Publishers Weekly
World'd Too Much:
Selected Poetry by Russell Atkins
Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2019
Edited by Kevin Prufer & Robert E. McDonough
Finalist, The 2020 Ohioana Book Award.
There have yet to be made the proper comparisons between Paul Celan and Russell Atkins--in form, in syntax, in intention, and yes, in content. This book shows that Atkins remains a poet whose eye is as sharp as any blade that cut through the 20th century, and readers who have yet to experience his writing deprive themselves of actually seeing the blood that runs through us all. That blood is dark. It is necessary. —Jericho Brown
Into English: Poems, Translations, Commentaries
Martha Collins & Kevin Prufer
Graywolf Press, 2017
"An endlessly provocative and invaluable anthology!" —BBC.com
“The publication of Into English will soon be considered a watershed moment in the study of literary translation.” —World Literature Today
Into English is a book to be meditated on, a book that exposes the vast inner chasms of poetry, a book that demonstrates that a great poem is something one can live in. —Matt Levin, Paris Review Staff Picks
Literary Publishing in the 21st Century
Wayne Miller, Travis Kurowski, Kevin Prufer
Milkweed Editions, 2016
An impressive roster of contributors makes this anthology on the future of publishing a must-read for anyone in the industry.
—Publishers Weekly
“Any reader or writer who needs to know about the present and future of literature in our time should consult this collection. It is opinionated, lively, and instructive.”—Bill Henderson
Catherine Breese Davis: On the Life & Work of an American Master
Martha Collins, Kevin Prufer, & Martin Rock
Unsung Masters Series, 2015
"Bringing into print the work of great, underappreciated, and out-of-print authors."
Essays by Suzanne Doyle, Helen Pinkerton Trimpi, Michael van Walleghen, William Edinger, Carol Moldaw, Kathe Davis, & Martha Collins.
An Interview with Marie Pelletier.
An extensive portfolio of poems!
Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of an American Master
Kevin Prufer & Michael Dumanis, editors
Unsung Masters Series, 2012
"Bringing into print the work of great, underappreciated, and out-of-print authors."
Essays by Evie Shockley, Aldon Nielsen, Tyrone Williams, Sean Singer, & Tom Orange
A 60-page portfolio of poems!
Russell Atkins' "Manifesto"!
"A Psychovisual Perspective on 'Musical' Composition"!
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Until Everything is Continuous Again:
American Poets on the Recent Work of W. S. Merwin
Jonathan Weinert & Kevin Prufer, editors
WordFarm Editions, 2011
Featuring contributions by David Caplan, Steven Cramer, Debra Kang Dean, Forrest Gander, Mark Halliday, Jerry Harp, H. L. Hix, Mark Irwin, Sarah Kennedy, Eric Pankey, Lisa Russ Spaar, Michael Theune, Jeanie Thompson, & Matthew Zapruder
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Dunstan Thompson: On the Life & Work of a Lost American Master
D.A. Powell & Kevin Prufer, editors
Unsung Masters Series, 2010
Largely unknown today, Dunstan Thompson was once one of the most celebrated young poets in America. In a series of essays, interviews, letters, and clippings, this book traces Dunstan Thompson’s journey from wildly successful literary enfant terrible, through his strong Catholic reawakening, and into his later years as a writer of mature, meditative, largely unpublished poetry. This book also includes a selection of Dunstan Thompson’s very best poetry.
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New European Poets
Wayne Miller & Kevin Prufer, editors
Graywolf Press, 2008
A major anthology that represents all countries in Europe and includes the work of many new poets who are published here for the first time in English. —World Literature Today
A remarkable reading experience. —Boston Review
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Dark Horses: Poets on Overlooked Poems
Joy Katz & Kevin Prufer, editors
University of Illinois Press, 2007
Editors' Choice, The Chicago Tribune
A "Best Book of the Year," Kansas City Star
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New Young American Poets
Kevin Prufer, editor
Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
A BookList "Best Book of the Year"
I invite the reader to join me in ... discovering just how real, how rich, how rewarding our new poetry might be. —Richard Howard (from the Foreword)
Multicultural, on the edge, and wide ranging in style and subject, it includes some of the finest poets of our time. —Library Journal (starred review)
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