Paul Guest

Biography

Paul Guest is the author of three collections of poetry and a memoir. His writing appears in New England Review, North American Review, Crazyhorse, and elsewhere. A Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting Award winner, he teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Virginia.

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POETRY / Spring 2017

I Know

By Paul Guest

the back of my hand and this neighborhood,
which is devolving even now into
a semblance of Detroit. I know not
to lead a horse to water because
that won’t end well. I know my name
and to the mirror’s mute face

POETRY / Spring 2012

Right When I’m Feeling Good About the Modern Moment

By Paul Guest
POETRY / Spring 2012

Thinking About Disappointment

By Paul Guest