A tribute to poet Robert Hayden in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence., featuring Iain Haley Pollock and Nathan McClain. Pollock is the author of three poetry collections, most recently All the Possible Bodies. Individual poems have appeared in a variety of publications, including American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The New York Times Magazine, and The Progressive. Organizations ranging from the Cave Canem Foundation and the NAACP to the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Poetry Society of America have recognized Pollock's work with awards and grants. Nathan McClain is the author of two collections of poetry: Previously Owned, longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award, and Scale. He is a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and is a Cave Canem fellow. His poems and prose have appeared in The Hopkins Review, The Common, Guesthouse, Poetry Northwest, and Zocalo Public Square, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.
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