Fishouse.org: good resource to find emerging contemporary American poets

I know that my posts have been poetry heavy; I am sorry for the bias. I do love prose as well, and would love to discuss some non-fiction, especially. But for now, here's a great poetry site you may not have encountered.

The Academy of American Poets (poets.org) is a great site for classical poems and established contemporary poets. But what about the emerging voices: those 30-somethings and 40-somethings who need a wider audience? Fishouse (www.fishouse.org, 1 h) is the site for such poets. Fishouse features mostly American writers. And along with text, they have audio files. The poets read their work, both live and recorded in a studio, and they also answer interview questions. This site is a tremendous resource for anyone looking for contemporary work.

Yes, the work will mostly come from poets working in the academy, but there are still a wide and diverse range of voices. Poets who I go back to: Aimee Nez, John Poch, Patrick Rosal, Gerald Stern, Henrietta Goodman, and Curtis Bauer. I will admit to knowing a couple of these writers personally, so adding them on a list seems self-serving. Still, I believe that each poet here has good work. In fact, Curtis Bauer is talking about visiting Lawton soon. He is open to a spring reading. Hopefully, we can make that happen. If so, we'll all know what he sounds like before he shows up, thanks to this site.