Spring 2024 - Recrudescence

Author Bio

Rimas Uzgiris is a Lithuanian/American poet and translator writing in English. Born, raised, and educated in the USA with a PhD and MFA, he is the author of the poetry collections North of Paradise , and Tarp [Between] (poems translated into Lithuanian, shortlisted for best poetry book of the year). He has translated seven poetry collections from Lithuanian, and the Venice Biennale Golden Lion winning opera Sun & Sea. His work has appeared in Barrow Street , Hudson Review , The Poetry Review , Poetry Daily , and other journals, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Uzgiris is a Lithuanian selection for the Versopolis Poetry Platform, and a member of the Lithuanian Writer’s Union. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Grant, a NEA Translation Fellowship, he teaches at Vilnius University.

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