Category: Spring 2012 Poets

Heathcote Williams
a poet, playwright, and actor, he has made a significant contribution to many fields. He is best known for his extended poems on environmental

Leah Twitchell
lives in Brunswick, Maine. This is her first appearance in The Café Review.

Gerd Stern
is a poet, media artist, and cheese maven. He has published several books of poetry and oral history. From Beat Scene Poet to Psychedelic

Russell Rowland
born in Connecticut, he has spent the past quarter century in New Hampshire. His poetry appears in over a hundred journals. He was the 2007

Ivanov Reyez
is a retired professor of English from Odessa College. His poetry is included in Eclipse, The Mayo Review, Pinyon Poetry, The Temple, Poetica:

Michael Lee Phillips
publications include The Antioch Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, The Literary Review, New York Quarterly, The Stinging Fly (Ireland), Poetry

Paul Nelson
is a poet, teacher, broadcast interview host, and a charter e – poets.net site director in Auburn, Washington. He is director of the

Michael McClure
at the age of 22 he gave his first poetry reading at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read “Howl.”

Amalio Madueño
grew up on the borderlands of California and Baja. He organized farm workers with Cesar Chavez, studied poetry in graduate school at the

Norbert Hirschhorn
is an international public health physician, commended by President Bill Clinton as an “American Health Hero.” He lives in London and Beirut.