James Armstrong

James Armstrong is the author of three poetry books, Monument in a Summer Hat (1999), Blue Lash (2006), and Empire (2023).  He is also the co-author with Kim Chapman of a book of essays, Nature, Culture and Two Friends Talking (2015).  Armstrong has published poems in Triquarterly, Gulf Coast, Orion, The New York Times Book Review, Poetry East, Split Rock Review, Terrain.org, and elsewhere.  Armstrong lives in Winona, Minnesota, where he taught English for 24 years at Winona State University.  He was the town’s first Poet Laureate and helped found the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest. For more information, visit jamesarmstrongpoet.com.