Breeze

John Latta is the author of Rubbing Torsos, and the recipient of numerous awards, including two NEA creative writing fellowships. His poems have appeared in a wide variety of publications including Boston Review, New American Writing, the Gettysburg Review, Jacket, and Chicago Review. Latta received his A.B. in English from Cornell University, where he founded the literary magazine Chiaroscuro. He earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing at the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in English at the State University of New York, Albany. Latta works at the University of Michigan’s Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.