JOSEPH BATHANTI’s most recent book, a collection of poems, is Restoring Sacred Art. Named by the North Carolina Poetry Society as a Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet, he is professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University and also writer-in-residence at the university’s Watauga Global Community. He lives in Boone, North Carolina.

Real Work

by Joseph Bathanti, February 2012 (Issue 434)

Faccia Tosta

by Joseph Bathanti, February 2011 (Issue 422)

The Wall

by Joseph Bathanti, August 2010 (Issue 416)

Fading Away

by Joseph Bathanti, September 2007 (Issue 381)

Teddy Bear

by Joseph Bathanti, August 2005 (Issue 356)

The High Heart

by Joseph Bathanti, February 2005 (Issue 350)

Hod

by Joseph Bathanti, September 2003 (Issue 333)

Half Of What I Say Is Meaningless

by Joseph Bathanti, July 2003 (Issue 331)

This Bastard Day

by Joseph Bathanti, July 2002 (Issue 319)

Your Mum And Dad

by Joseph Bathanti, March 2002 (Issue 315)

Blind Angels

by Joseph Bathanti, December 2001 (Issue 312)

Ghostwriting

by Joseph Bathanti, April 2000 (Issue 292)

Impetigo

by Joseph Bathanti, March 1995 (Issue 231)

Shame

by Joseph Bathanti, May 1994 (Issue 221)

Room One

by Joseph Bathanti, June 1990 (Issue 175)

Transfer Day

by Joseph Bathanti, January 1985 (Issue 110)