Chard deNiord is the author of six books of poetry, the latest, In My Unknowing (University of Pittsburgh Press 2020). He is also the author of two books of interviews with eminent American poets: Sad Friends, Drowned Lovers, Stapled Songs, Conversations and Reflections on 20th Century Poetry, and I Would Lie To You If I Could, and co-edited Roads Taken: Contemporary Vermont Poetry.

Chard was poet laureate of Vermont from 2016-2019 and co-founded The Ruth Stone Foundation. He retired from teaching at Providence College in 2020, where he is now Professor Emeritus of English and Creative Writing. He serves as board member of the Sundog Poetry Center in Vermont, is the essay editor at Plume Poetry Journal. He lives in Westminster West, Vermont with his wife, Liz.

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