Elizabeth Seydel Morgan has four books with Louisiana State University Press, most recently Without a Philosophy (2007). Her new work is Spans: New and Selected Poems. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. Harriet Monroe’s “Open Door” policy, set forth in Volume I of the magazine, remains the most succinct statement of Poetry’s mission: to print the best poetry written today, in whatever style, genre, or approach.