The Sweater

Richard Jones is the author of seven poetry collections, including The Correct Spelling & Exact Meaning and Apropos of Nothing, both from Copper Canyon Press. In 2001 The Blessing received the Society of Midland Authors Award for poetry. His work has been anthologized in Billy Collins’s Poetry 180 and Garrison Keillor’s Good Poems, and he has been heard on National Public Radio. Jones is professor of English at DePaul University in Chicago.