david alpaugh

David Alpaugh

David Alpaugh's first collection, Counterpoint, won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize from Story Line Press. Journals that have published his poetry include Evergreen Review, The Formalist, Light, Poetry, Raintown Review, Rattle, The HyperTexts, and Zyzzyva. His essays—"The Professionalization of Poetry" and "What's Really Wrong with Poetry Book Contests"—have been widely discussed on and off line.

Counterpoint (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library)

From the winner of the 7th Annual Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize comes Counterpoint, a contemporary book of poems with many bizarre twists and zany turns. Alpaugh's subjects include POWs, salespeople, art, and the dead. His work has appeared in many journals such as Asylum, Exquisite Corpse, and Twentieth Century Literature.