Jody Bolz’s most recent book of poetry is The Near and Far (Turning Point, 2019). She received her MFA from Cornell, where she studied with A.R. Ammons, and taught creative writing for many years at George Washington University. Her work has appeared widely in literary magazines —The American Scholar, Ploughshares, Poetry East, and Prairie Schooner among them. From 2002-2019, Bolz edited the journal Poet Lore and now serves as poetry editor for Moment Magazine.