Happy 85th, John Knoepfle! (Poet, "Dogs & Cats & Things Li..

He lives in Auburn, Illinois.

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WRITINGS:


(Translator with James Wright and Robert Bly) Twenty Poems of Cesar
Vallejo, Sixties Press, 1961, also published as Neruda and Vallejo:
Selected Poems, Beacon Press (Boston), 1971.
Rivers into Islands, University of Chicago Press (Chicago), 1965.
An Affair of Culture and Other Poems, Juniper (New York City), 1969.
After Gray Days and Other Poems, Crabgrass Press, 1969.
Songs for Gail Guidry's Guitar, New Rivers Press (St. Paul, MN),
1969.


The Intricate Land, New Rivers Press, 1970.
Dogs and Cats and Things Like That: A Book of Poems for Children,
McGraw (New York City), 1971.
The Ten-Fifteen Community Poems, Back Door (Edmonds, WA), 1971.
Our Street Feels Good: A Book of Poems for Children, McGraw, 1972.
Whetstone: A Book of Poems, BkMk (Kansas City, MO), 1972.
Deep Winter Poems, Three Sheets, 1972.
(With others) Regional Perspectives: An Examination of America's
Literary Heritage, American Library Association (Chicago), 1973.
Thinking of Offerings: Poems 1970-1973, Juniper, 1975.
A Box of Sandalwood: Love Poems, Juniper, 1978.
A Gathering of Voices, Rook, 1978.
(Editor with Dan Jaffe) Frontier Literature: Images of the American
West, McGraw, 1979.
Poems for the Hours, Uzzano (Menomonie, WI), 1979.


Selected Poems, BkMk, 1985.
Poems from the Sangamon, University of Illinois Press (Champaign, IL),
1985, 2nd edition, 1995.
(Selector and translator with Wang Shouyi) T'ang Dynasty Poems (text
in Chinese and English), Spoon River Poetry Press, 1985.
(Selector and translator with Wang Shouyi) Song Dynasty Poems (text in
Chinese and English), Spoon River Poetry Press, 1985.
Dim Tales, Stormline Press, 1989.


Begging an Amnesty, Druid Press (Ephraim, WI), 1994.
The Chinkapin Oak Poems 1993-95, Rose Hill Press (Waynesboro, PA),
1995.


Prayer Against Famine and Other Irish Poems, BkMk Press (Kansas City,
MO), 2004.