Gary Mitchner
Gary Mitchner is chair of the English Department at Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH. He has published poems in The Paris Review, The New Republic, Shenandoah, Western Humanities Review, and elsewhere. Two poems, one on Francis Bacon and one on Prospero, will appear in a future issue of The Paris Review.
Articles by this Author
THE POETS OF THE LATIN DECADENCE
- By Gary Mitchner
- Published 07/16/2003
- MaverickMagazine 10
- Unrated
They have suffered a metamorphosis more terrible than just
exile on the Black Sea or Gregor's uncomfortable bed now that he's a
cockroach. They have suffered the anguish of living now not then. The
exiled one finds himself in the streets of Baghdad looking for a
brothel to stop the invader's bombs from wracking his ears. This love
artist travels in drag, donning the veil to avoid being taken into the
Republican Guard,
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- Feature Poet 5: Mac Oliver (9)
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- Feature Poet 9: Mark DeCarteret (4)
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- Feature Poet 10: Allison Eastley (5)
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