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Ron Pretty AM was a much loved, much admired, poet, publisher and teacher, and a tireless advocate for the importance of poetry within the Australian culture.

The Refugee Camp (Turning Point Books, 2011), Burning the Aspern Papers (Miami University Press, 2003), and The Disappearing Town (Miami University Press, 2000). He has also written The Poetry Dictionary and Creating Poetry, both published by Writer’s Digest Books. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, two Ohio Arts Council grants, an Ingram Merrill Foundation fellowship, and the Bernard F. Conners Prize from The Paris Review. Drury is a Professor of English at the University of Cincinnati. Poems by John Drury