Jeffrey Levine is the author of two books of poetry: Rumor of Cortez, nominated for a 2006 Los Angeles Times Literary Award in Poetry, and Mortal, Everlasting, which won the 2002 Transcontinental Poetry Prize. His many poetry prizes include the Larry Levis Prize from the Missouri Review, the James Hearst Poetry Prize, the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, the Ekphrasis Poetry Prize, and the 2007 American Literary Review poetry prize. Levine is founder, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Tupelo Press, an award-winning independent literary press. In addition, he serves on the core faculty of the Colrain Manuscript Conferences and is founder of Tupelo Press Seminars.

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