George Held

George Held is a poet & writer, satirist & translator, editor & critic who taught English at Queens College for over 35 years. He was a Fulbright lecturer in Czechoslovakia, 1973-76, and is listed in Who's Who in America. Among his publications are the chapbooks MARTIAL ARTIST, translations of Martial's epigrams; GROUNDED, which garnered one of his five Pushcart Prize nominations and from which Garrison Keillor read a poem on THE WRITER'S ALMANAC; and PHASED, available from CreatSpace & amazon.com. His forthcoming book is AFTER SHAKESPEARE: SELECTED SONNETS. His satires appear at www.infauxtainment.com, and he blogs at georgeheld@blogspot.com. He reviews books for, among other journals, NOTRE DAME REVIEW, AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW, RAIN TAXI and SMALL PRESS REVIEW.