Richard Jones (poet)



Richard Jones is an American poet.

Life
Jones was born in London, England. He received a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.F.A. from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

He is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently The Correct Spelling & Exact Meaning (Copper Canyon Press, 2010), as well as a number of limited edition volumes. He is also the editor of the critical anthology Poetry and Politics (William Morrow and Company, 1985). In 2000, he published a compact disc, Body and Soul, in which he discusses the art of poetry. In 2011, he published Thunder on the Mountain (East of Eden Press), a nonfiction book that explores the relationship between poetry and painting. He is editor of the literary journal Poetry East and its many anthologies, including The Last Believer in Words and Bliss.

He is currently professor of English at DePaul University in Chicago, where he has taught since 1987. He lives north of Chicago with his wife and three children.

Recognition
The Blessing: New and selected poems, a selection of poems from six of his books, received the Midland Authors Award for Poetry for 2000.

Poetry

 * ’’Country of Air’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1986.
 * ’’At Last We Enter Paradise’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1991.
 * ’’A Perfect Time’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1994.
 * ’’The Empty Heart’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1999.
 * ’’The Blessing: New and selected poems’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2000.
 * ’’Apropos of Nothing’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2006.
 * ’’The Correct Spelling & Exact Meaning’’. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2010.

Limited editions

 * ’’Windows and Walls’’. Adastra Press, 1982.
 * ’’Innocent Things’’. Adastra Press, 1985.
 * ’’Walk On''. Alderman Press, 1986.
 * ’’Sonnets’’. Adastra Press, 1990.
 * ’’The Abandoned Garden’’ (Tunheim Santrizos, 1997.
 * ’’48 Questions’’. Tebot Bach Books, 1998.
 * ’’The Stone It Lives On’’. Adastra Press, 2000.