​​Photo credit: JB by Michael Salinger

John Burroughs

​John serves as the State of Ohio Beat Poet Laureate (2019-21). A nationally touring writer, his most recent books include Rattle & Numb: Selected and New Poems, 1992-2019 [2019, Venetian Spider Press] and Loss and Foundering [2018, NightBallet Press]. John now curates the Poetry+ reading series at Art on Madison in Lakewood, Ohio, and since 2008 has served as the founding editor of Crisis Chronicles Press.