Contributors

Graham Foust

Contributor History

Twenty-Five Poems — (chosen by Robert Creeley), Conjunctions:43
A Place from Which to Wave: "Just Someone You Say Hi To" (A Wave, 1984), Conjunctions:49
Love Song, Online 02-02-2016

Biography

Born in Tennessee and raised in Wisconsin, Graham Foust is the author of six books of poems, including To Anacreon in Heaven and Other Poems, a finalist for the Believer Poetry Award; and Time Down to Mind(both Flood Editions). With Samuel Frederick, he has also translated three books by the late German poet Ernst Meister, including Wallless Space (Wave Books). He works at the University of Denver.

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In Print

Conjunctions:74

Grendel’s Kin: The Monsters Issue

Spring 2020
Edited by Bradford Morrow

Online

The Tungsten Record

by Tim Horvath

October 21, 2020

Send more Chuck Berry, went the joke—how the aliens would reply when they got their first spin of the Golden Record on the Voyager. Sweet, friendly aliens with toe-tapping rhythm (whether or not they had feet), an appreciation for sweat and guitar riffs pooling together even if they had no first-hand experience with either.

Two Poems

by William Archila

October 14, 2020

I like the black & white. I like
the mirage they create. I like
planes. I like stray dogs
who never forget where I come from.

Lockdown

(Ashram, North India)

by Mary Marbourg

October 7, 2020

The woman knocking on my door has a dilemma. She only has x-amount of time per day to dedicate to prayer. So, on whom should she focus her prayers? The migrants who are starving, the people with the virus, or those of us stuck here? If us, which one of us? How much should self-interest factor in? Should she pray the most for the woman with the slight heart condition or the woman she most wants to leave the ashram?