John Witte Jr.

Up from Eugene where he teaches at the University of Oregon and edits Northwest Review is poet John Witte. He'll be reading from Second Nature (University of Washington Press), the newest (eighth) volume in the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series (selected by Linda Bierds). John Witte's third book, Second ... (more)Nature is a book of lyric richness, much of it meditations, narratives, or monologues based on such people as Janis Joplin, and Ovid. Flora and fauna also have a central place. Our lives do, too. John Witte's poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Paris Review, The New Yorker, other major publications, and numerous anthologies.