About BPR
Birmingham Poetry Review is a UAB publication that includes original poetry, translations, and reviews. Each issue includes Featured Poet and Featured Essay sections.
In past years the journal has published work by poets of such national merit as Gerald Stern, Kathryn Starbuck, Amanda Shires, Mira Rosenthal, G. C. Waldrep, Gary Soto, Ted Kooser, Angela Ball, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Christopher Buckley, Dick Allen, Betty Adcock, Erica Dawson, Daniel Anderson, David Bottoms, Claudia Emerson, Debora Greger, Mark Jarman, David Kirby, Edward Hirsch, Andrew Hudgins, Allison Joseph, William Logan, Medbh McGuckian, R. T. Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Pimone Triplett, and Sidney Wade.
It was founded by co-editors Robert Collins and Randy Blythe in 1987.
BPR Staff
Managing Editor
Halley Cotton
Halley Cotton completed her M.A. in English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the managing editor of the Birmingham Poetry Review, poetry editor for NELLE, and the founding director of the SPARK Writing Festival. Her work has appeared in places such as The Greensboro Review, Poetry South, and Smokelong Quarterly, among others. Cotton teaches freshman composition and literature courses at UAB. When she’s not busy kayaking or finding four-leaf clovers, she’s studying folklore and writing/reading poetry.
Assistant Editor
Regan Green
Regan Green holds a BA with a concentration in creative writing from Samford University, where she served as Creative Writing Editor of the literary journal Wide Angle for two years. She now works as a creative content specialist at the INTUITIVE® Planetarium and serves on staff at NELLE, a journal devoted to innovative prose and poetry by women.
Staff
Palavi Ahuja, Meridith Beretta, Shannon Bradt, Emmett Christolear, Ash Helms-Tippit, William Jetter, Anastasia Sorochinsky, Naomi Ortiz, Isaac Griffin-Layne
Interns
Gabriell Coleman, Emily Howell, Keishace Jackson, Kaitlyn Pate, Madison Prim, Kaylie Rastegar, Andie Dewhurst, Molly Malone
Founding Editors
Bob Collins, Randy Blythe