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Philip Terman the author of five full-length collections of poetry, most recently, Our Portion: New and Selected Poems (Autumn House Press). His poems appear in numerous journals and anthologies, including Poetry Magazine, The Kenyon Review, Poetry International, the Sun Magazine, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, Extraordinary Rendition: American Poets on Palestine, and99 Poets for the 99 Percent. With the Syrian writer Saleh Razzouk, he has translated contemporary Arabic poets. Those translations have appeared in Poetry London, Crazy Horse, and a chapbook by the poet Syrian Riad Saleh Hussein in the Mid-American Review. He also collaborates with other artists. With a painter James Stewart and bookbinder Susan Frakes, he has produced two hand-sewn chapbooks, and he has written three cantatas with the composer Dr. Brent Register. As well, he performs his poetry with the jazz quartet Catro. He founded the Chautauqua Writers Festival, directs The Bridge Literary Arts Center in Franklin, PA, and teaches creative writing and literature at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. More information can be found at www.philipterman.com.