James Ciano’s debut collection The Committee of Men is forthcoming from BOA Editions in May 2026. He holds an MFA from New York University and a PhD in Creative writing and literature from the University of Southern California. He is the 2025–27 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.
James Ciano
Articles
Neither Off the Hook nor Out to Dry
James Ciano interviews Bobby Elliott about his debut poetry collection, “The Same Man.”
Company in the Void: On Catherine Barnett’s “Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space”
James Ciano reviews Catherine Barnett’s “Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space.”
What Practice Will Help Prepare Me: On Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls”
James Ciano reviews Saskia Hamilton’s “All Souls.”
If You Are on This Earth You Are of This Earth: On Charif Shanahan’s “Trace Evidence”
James Ciano reviews Charif Shanahan’s “Trace Evidence.”
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