James P. Lenfestey
After a career in academia, advertising and journalism as an editorial writer at the Minneapolis StarTribune, where he won several Page One awards for excellence, Lenfestey has published poetry, reviews and articles, plus a book of essays, THE URBAN COYOTE: HOWLINGS ON FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE AND QUIET (Nodin Press, Minneapolis, 2000). He has published six poetry collections: SAYING GRACE (Marsh River Editions); AFFECTION FOR SPIDERS (Red Dragonfly Press); THE TOOTHED AND CLEVER WORLD (Tree House Press, Ojai, CA); and HAN-SHAN IS THE CURE FOR WARTS (Red Dragonfly Press); A CARTLOAD OF SCROLLS: 100 POEMS IN THE MANNER OF T'ANG DYNASTY POET HAN-SHAN (Holy Cow! Press); and INTO THE GOODHUE COUNTY JAIL: POEMS TO FREE PRISONERS (Red Dragonfly Press). Lenfestey is co-founder of the Ojai Poetry Festival in Ojai, CA. He also chairs the Literary Witnesses poetry program in Minneapolis. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, the political writer Susan Lenfestey. They have four children and four grandchildren.
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Red Dragonfly Press Titles by James P. Lenfestey
• Low Down And Coming On: A Feast of Delicious and Dangerous Poems about Pigs (editor)
• Into the Goodhue County Jail
• Han-shan is the Cure For Warts
• Affection for Spiders (sold out)