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The Creative Writing Community Chooses Innocence
The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, and The Ohio State University Press are proud to announce the publication of Innocence, by Jean Nordhaus, winner of the 2006 Charles B. Wheeler Prize for Poetry.
A resident of Washington D.C., Jean Nordhaus' poetry has appeared in The New Republic, Tikkun, American Poetry Review, Hudson Review, Poetry, Ploughshare and Prairie Schooner, among many other publications. Professor Andrew Hudgins, the Contest judge for 2006, describes Innocence as having “ … an almost dispassionate appreciation for the mysteries of existence. … Art is one of those mysteries, so too is being fully alert to the vanishing moment one is living in. Innocence is a superb work of poetic art.”
Innocence is the 20th volume of exceptional poetry to be selected by a readers' committee of OSU poets on behalf of The Ohio State University Press and The Journal. The winner of the 2007 Contest will be announced in late January.
For more information about The Ohio State University Press/ The Journal Poetry Contest and the Charles B. Wheeler Prize for Poetry, or more information about Jean Nordhaus and Innocence, and how to acquire a copy, please see http://www.ohiostatepress.org/
