About John A. Nieves
John A. Nieves, a 2024 Pushcart Prize winner, is a poet, teacher and scholar. He is Associate Professor of English at Salisbury University in Maryland where he is the Director of Graduate Studies for English and recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Faculty Award. He is one of the co-editors of The Shore Poetry. He received his PhD from the University of Missouri and his MA from the University of South Florida. His poems have appeared in many national journals and have won numerous awards. His first book, Curio , won the 13th Annual Elixir Press Poetry Awards Judge's Prize.