Henry Hart

          Henry Hart is the Mildred and J.B. Hickman Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary.  He has written critical studies of Seamus Heaney,

          Robert Lowell, and Geoffrey Hill.  His biography James Dickey: The World as Lie was runner-up in nonfiction for the Southern Book Critics' Circle Award

          in 2000.  Hart's most recent poetry collection is Background Radiation (Salt Publishing, 2007).  He is also the author of two other books of poetry,

          The Rooster Mask (1998) and The Ghost Ship (1990).  His poetry has appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Poetry, The Southern Review,

          The Gettysburg Review, New Kenyon Review, Best American Poetry, among others.  He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.