Henry Taylor

A native Virginian, Henry Taylor earned degrees from the University of Virginia and Hollins College.  In 1986 he received the Pulitzer Prize for The Flying Change, and his later poetry collections include Understanding Fiction: Poems 1986-1996 and Crooked Creek.  He also published many translations of classic texts.  He received a Witter Byner Prize and fellowships from the NEA and the NEH.  He taught literature and co-directed the MFA program in creative at American University from 1971 to 2003.  "The Hayfork" first appeared in Shenandoah 48/2.