Held, Jean

George Held is the author of 14 poetry collections and the editor of the anthology TOUCHED BY EROS. A five-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, he has published his stories, poems, book reviews, and translations in such places as THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, CIRCUMFERENCE, THE NOTRE DAME REVIEW, COMMONWEAL, CONNECTICUT REVIEW, and CONFRONTATION. His most recent book is AFTER SHAKESPEARE: SELECTED SONNETS (Cervena Barva Press, 2010). In December 2007, his poem "Aftermath" was read by Garrison Keillor on THE WRITER'S ALMANAC. He has co-edited THE LEDGE POETRY AND FICTION MAGAZINE since 1991, the s...