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  • Brian Swann

The Procession

This poem was selected as Poem of the Week (Nov. 3, 2009).

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Brian Swann has published many books in a number of genres, including seven books of poetry, such as Autumn Road (Ohio State UP) and Snow House (Pleiades/LSU Press); five collections of short fiction, including The Plot of the Mice (Capra Press); and several children's books, including A Basket Full of White Eggs (Orchard/Franklin Watts). He has translated sixteen volumes of poetry, and served as an editor for a number of volumes on Native American Literature, including Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America (Univ. of Nebraska), and Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America (Univ. of Nebraska). His most recent book is Born in the Blood: Essays on Translating Native American Literature (forthcoming with Univ. of Nebraska). Swann is a Professor of English at Cooper Union. [2009]

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