John Taggart is a poet and critic whose work spans volumes of poetry, including Music: Collected Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2010), a book on Edward Hopper, and a collection of essays. A minister’s son born in Iowa in 1942, he grew up in small Indiana towns. Educated at Earlham College and the University of Chicago, he received a PhD from Syracuse University and afterward directed an arts program in the English department at Shippensburg University from 1969 until 2001. Taggart lives in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Orange Berries Dark Green Leaves, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2013–2014
- Pastorelle 8, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009