Cole Swensen

Contributor History

  • Water Works, Conjunctions: 80, Spring 2023
  • The Iris Migration and Other Poems, Conjunctions: 79, Fall 2022
  • A Play of Light on the Windowsill, Conjunctions: 77, Fall 2021
  • George Shiras: The Heart Is the Dark, Conjunctions: 72, Spring 2019
  • Quartet, Conjunctions: 68, Spring 2017
  • From Amitier, Conjunctions: 66, Spring 2016
  • On Walking On, Conjunctions: 63, Fall 2014
  • Night Walks, Conjunctions: 61, Fall 2013
  • Landscapes on a Train, Conjunctions: 59, Fall 2012
  • On Walks: Rousseau, Conjunctions: 56, Spring 2011
  • Five Ghost Poems, Conjunctions: 53, Fall 2009
  • Two Poems, Conjunctions: 50, Spring 2008
  • Besides, of Bedouins (Hotel Lautréamont, 1992), Conjunctions: 49, Winter 2008
  • Ghosts, Conjunctions: 48, Spring 2007
  • Four Poems, Conjunctions: 40, Spring 2003
  • Seven Hands, Conjunctions: 35, Fall 2000
  • A Dialogue, Conjunctions: 35, Fall 2000
  • Such Rich Hour, Conjunctions: 32, Spring 1999
  • Herisau: Four Poems, Private: Conjunctions Online Old, Winter 1998
  • For M. Moore, Conjunctions: 29, Fall 1997
  • Two Poems, Conjunctions: 24, Spring 1995
  • Seven Poems, Conjunctions: 21, Fall 1993

Biography

Cole Swensen’s recent books include Art in Time (Nightboat) and And And And (Shearsman Books); her next, Veer, will be published by Alice James Books in 2026. Earlier works have won the Iowa Poetry Prize and the SF State Poetry Center Book Award. Recipient of the 2025 Paul Engle Prize, she is also a translator and won the 2024 ALTA National Translation Award and the 2025 Stephen Mitchell Prize. She divides her time between California and France.