Parham Named Editor of Southern Poetry Review

SAVANNAH, GA—Robert Parham, head of the Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy at Armstrong Atlantic State University, has been named editor of the Southern Poetry Review. Parham's colleague Jim Smith, assistant professor of English, will serve as assistant editor for the publication. The review, published two times per year, will be housed at the university for the length of their editorship.

Established in 1958, the review is the second oldest of its kind in the Southeast and has a substantial circulation that includes more than 300 libraries and institutions among its subscriptions. It has published many important poets, among them Fred Chappell (winner of the prestigious Bollingen Prize); Vivian Shipley (whose work was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize); Susan Ludvigson (with many collections); and numerous others.

June 24, 2002