Tar River Poetry

Tar River Poetry is a literary journal published by East Carolina University (ECU).

Published twice a year (fall and spring), the 64-page journal consists of submitted written works of poetry, critical essays, and book reviews.

[1] The journal is named for the Tar River, which runs through Greenville, NC (home of ECU).

Tar River Poetry has published many of the best-known American poets of the late 20th and early 21st century, including Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners Claudia Emerson, William Stafford, Louis Simpson, Carolyn Kizer, Henry Taylor, and A.R.

Ammons, and many other well-known poets including Sharon Olds, Leslie Norris, William Matthews, Albert Goldbarth, and Patricia Goedicke.

The Spring 2008 issue of Tar River Poetry . Cover photo by Leanne E. Smith.