Eric PankeyEric Pankey, whose honors include the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets and the New Measure Poetry Prize, is the author of many collections of poetry and a book of essays. His writing has been supported by fellowships from he Ingram Merrill Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is Professor Emeritus of English and the Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. Read More Read Less