Jon
Volkmer is a Professor of English at Ursinus College,
where he oversees the creative writing program. He
has been there since 1987. Jon has a BA from the University
of Colorado, an MA in creative writing from the University
of Denver, and a PhD in literature from the University
of Nebraska. He works in many genres, including poetry,
short fiction (winner of the Thomas Wolfe Fiction
Prize), and creative nonfiction, especially travel
writing (Jon is a semi-regular contributor to the
travel section of the Philadelphia Inquirer). His
poems have appeared in such venues as The Painted
Bride Quarterly, Hellas, The Carolina Quarterly, and
the South Dakota Review.
Most recently, Jon had an essay on the poet A.E. Housman
published in PARNASSUS. He lives in Telford with his
wife, Janet Lipsi, and two step-sons, Aaron and James
Mast, who attend Christopher Dock High School. |
