Richard Jones’s most recent book of poems is Avalon (Green Linden Press, 2020). His many poetry collections include Stranger on Earth and The Blessing (both from Copper Canyon Press). A new book, Paris, is forthcoming from Tebot Bach in 2021. Editor since 1980 of the literary journal Poetry East, he curates its many anthologies, such as Origins, The Last Believer in Words, and Bliss. In 2020 he published Poetry East 100, a 40-year retrospective of poems and paintings.