Bill Mohr

Bill Mohr is the author or editor of eight books of poetry or criticism, including a bilingual edition of his poems, The Headwaters of Nirvana / Los Manantiales del Nirvana (What Books/Glass Table Collective). Other volumes of poetry include Pruebas Ocultas (Bonobos Editores, Mexico), a collection of poem selected by his translators from earlier books, such as Hidden Proofs and Bittersweet Kaleidoscope. In addition to publishing landmark collections of Los Angeles poets such as Poetry Loves Poetry (1985), he was the editor of Momentum Press from 1974 to 1988 and brought out books by poets such as Alicia Ostriker, Jim Krusoe, Holly Prado, Kate Braverman, Jim Moore, Harry Northup, Joseph Hansen, and Leland Hickman. Mohr is the recipient of over a half-dozen artist-in-residence grants and is currently a Professor in the Department of English at California State University, Long Beach. He has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, San Diego; in 1996, he was a visiting scholar at the Getty Research Institute. Check out his weblog at http://www.billmohrpoet.com. His personal website is koankinship.com.