The Right Place to Jump (New Issues Poetry & Prose)
Poet, translator, and editor Peter Covino is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Rhode Island. He is the winner of the 2007 PEN American/Osterweil Award for emerging poets and the author of THE RIGHT PLACE TO JUMP (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2012) and CUT OFF THE EARS OF WINTER (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2005) and the chapbook Straight Boyfriend (Thorngate Road, 2001), winner of the Frank O'Hara Poetry Prize. His co-edited volume, ESSAYS ON ITALIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, recently appeared from Bordighera Press (2012).