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.
