December 22 Guests

Ernest Hilbert
Ernest Hilbert is an American poet, critic, and editor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1970. He served as the editor of the Contemporary Poetry Review from 2005 to 2010. During this time, he was known for his editorial views on the world of poetry publishing. Hilbert also edits a popular blog/podcast/web TV show, E-Verse Radio. He is noted for the interviews he has conducted with poets and novelists.

Hilbert graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Rutgers University in 1993. He also received a Master’s Degree (1994) and Doctorate (2000) in English Literature from St Catherine’s College, Oxford. His doctoral dissertation was entitled “Dark Earth, Dark Heavens: British Apocalyptic Writing in the First World War and its Aftermath.” While a student there, he founded the short-lived magazine Oxford Quarterly (1995–1997), which included among its advisory editors Iris Murdoch, Marjorie Perloff, and Seamus Heaney, and included contributors such as David Mamet, Charles Wright, Charles Simic, W.D. Snodgrass, Galway Kinnell, Caroline Kizer, Donald Justice, Philip Levine, John Hollander, Christopher Middleton, Andrew Motion, Michael Hamburger, Marilyn Hacker, Charles Tomlinson, Anthony Hecht, Adrienne Rich, Les Murray, Louise Gluck, Mark Strand, and Jorie Graham.

Jackson Duren
Jackson Duren is a ten year old lover of poetry spoken aloud, nature, and the penguins of madagascar. He accompanies Dr. Andy to the pre christmas edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology hour every year.