A Gradual Twilight

The essays and poetry gathered by editor Steven B. Rogers are a testament to Haines contribution to poetry. Most of the material is new and all of it celebrates the immeasurable talents and matchless generosity of this writer, teacher, mentor. In a contribution, Donald Hall writes, "...But Haines differs from others in the care of his language. He writes with a hard instrument on a hard surface."

STEVEN B. ROGERS has lived all over the United States. He holds a BA in German and English from Florida Southern College, a MA in German Literature from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Germanistik from the University of Maryland. He has worked as a historian in Washington, D.C. for the past 25 years. He has twice been a Jenny McKean Moore Fellow in Creative Writing at George Washington University, working with John Haines and Suzannah Lessard. He was the judge for the 1991 annual chapbook competition sponsored by the Georgia State Poetry Society and for the last several years he as been a reader for the Washington Poetry Prize competition. His poems and critical essays have appeared in a number of publications.