John Gery’s recent books of poetry include A Gallery of Ghosts (Story Line, 2005) and Davenport’s Version (Portals, 2003), a narrative poem of Civil War New Orleans. A Research Professor of English at the University of New Orleans, he is also Director of the Ezra Pound Center for Literature at Brunnenburg Castle, Italy. His poetry appears in Smartish Pace, Issue 12.
