Andrew Grace taught at Stanford University, Washington University, and the University of Cincinnati before recently joining the Department of English at Kenyon. His books of poetry include A Belonging Field (Salt Publishing, 2002), Shadeland (The Ohio State University Press, 2008), and Sancta (Ahsahta Press, 2012). His poems have appeared in Poetry, Boston Review, The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, and Prairie Schooner. Grace was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford and is the winner of an Academy of American Poets prize.
Rural Spaces
Fall 2024
Editors’ Note
In this folio, we wanted to present work that caused a tremor, or an audible sigh, or a certain relief as we read it. In particular, we sought that intoxicating […]
Why We Chose It
Spring 2023
Why We Chose It: “Inflorescence”
“Inflorescence” by Catherine Staples appears in the Spring 2023 issue of The Kenyon Review. Emerson said “Language is fossil poetry” as a way of paying homage to the beauty of […]
Nature's Nature: A Gathering of Poetry
May/June 2015
Field Guide for How to Pioneer the Midwest
Gun. Axe. Tent. Salted pig. Barrel of cornmeal. Seed corn. Bushel of seed potatoes. Land at five shillings an acre. A day’s pay. If there are woods, make your house […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Galway Kinnell
Last week, seminal American poet Galway Kinnell passed away. He will be remembered for the simplicity of his language while also demanding that his poems ask the big complex questions […]
Spring 2010
Never Sleep; Dear Empty Page,
Never Sleep Why shouldn’t it begin at midnight? In this dark room: a pen, a page, water, a television in its wreath of pain, a distance all around me like […]