David Koehn’s first full length manuscript, Twine, now available from Bauhan Publishing, won the 2013 May Sarton Poetry Prize. David’s poetry and translations were previously collected in two chapbooks, Tunic, (speCt! books 2013) a small collection of some of my translations of Catullus, and Coil (University of Alaska, 1998), winner of the Midnight Sun Chapbook Contest.
David’s poetry has appeared in a wide range of literary magazines including Kenyon Review, New England Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Rhino, Volt, Carolina Quarterly, New York Quarterly, Diagram and many others. David’s essays and reviews have appeared online and in print across a similar variety of magazines. David curates First Verse, an interview series focused on poets who have just published or are about to publish their first book. David is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board for Omnidawn Publishing (http://www.omnidawn.com/), has a BA from Carnegie Mellon, and an MFA from the University of Florida.