Paul B. Roth

Paul B. Roth has been published widely in the United States and his work has been translated and appeared in journals from Japan, Peru, Israel, France, Bolivia, Italy, Ecuador, India, China, Mexico, Italy, Syria, Romania, Estonia and the UK. In both 2018 and 2020, he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He is the author of eight collections of poetry of which his most current are Cadenzas by Needlelight (Cypress Books, 2009), Words the Interrupted Speak (March Street Press, 2011), Long Way Back to the End (Rain Mountain Press, 2014), Owasco: Passage of Lake Poems (Finishing Line Press, 2018), Weightless Earth (Bitter Oleander Press, 2022), Moments in Place (Rain Mountain Press, 2023), Before the Aftermath (Access Road Studios, 2024) and early in 2026 MadHat Press will publish his prose work Ever. He lives in Fayetteville, NY where he’s served as editor and publisher of The Bitter Oleander Press since 1974.