The only thing better than publishing a great poet is publishing them twice. Barbara Ungar first graced our pages about five years ago (almost to the month), and I’m working on a theory that everything bad that’s happened in the world since then can be blamed on a lack of Ungar’s poetry taking center stage in our lives. So, yeah—let’s fix that.
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Barbara Ungar’s most recent book, Immortal Medusa, was chosen as one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Books of 2015, and won the Adirondack Center for Writing Poetry Award. Prior books include Charlotte Brontë, You Ruined My Life and The Origin of the Milky Way, which won the Gival Prize, an Independent Publishers Silver Medal, and a Hoffer award. A professor of English at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, she teaches writing and literature. She lives with her son in Saratoga Springs, New York. www.barbaraungar.net
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