John Tranter

Founding Editor

John Tranter has published more than twenty collections of verse. His collection Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected won a number of major prizes. His latest book is Starlight: 150 Poems (UQP, 2010). He is the founding editor of Jacket magazine, and he has a homepage at johntranter.com.

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‘So I continued, issue by issue’
Ladies' Lounge
An Introduction to 'Martin Johnston — Selected Poems and Prose'
Martin Johnston
John Tranter reviews 'Photocopies' by John Berger
Roy Fisher in conversation with John Tranter
Lost Things in the Garden of Type
John Ashbery
The Marginalization of Poetry
Three John Ashberys
John Ashbery in conversation with John Tranter, New York City, May 1988
John Ashbery in conversation with John Tranter, New York City, 20 April 1985
Metamorphic diathermal annealing
Thank God for the Bourgeoisie
Rimbaud in Africa
John Tranter reviews 'Damaged Glamour' by John Forbes
God on a Bicycle
Great Moments in Literature #4
Carousel
Mr Rubenking's 'Breakdown'
Very Rapid Acceleration
Reviews of 'Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy' by Carolyn Burke
Mina Loy
Nathaniel Tarn
Sappho Sees the Light
The 'Linopentametron'
Letters to the Editor
Poetry Gland
The Basil Bunting Poetry Centre in the University of Durham
Frank O'Hara
The Twilight Guest
Barbara Guest
Martin Johnston
In Paris
Words to Comfort
A Tribute to Kenneth Koch
Kenneth’s thank-you postcard
Very Rapid Acceleration
'Dan Dactyl' cartoon
Three Poems about Kenneth Koch
Chris Emery in conversation with John Tranter
Joe Brainard, 1942–1994
Angel Hair magazine:
Invitation to a Poetry Machine
Court Transcript of the Trial of Max Harris
Free movie poster
The Urn of Loneliness
Transatlantic
Nine Ern Malley Poems
The United States Poet Laureate
David Shapiro in conversation with John Tranter, New York, 15 February 1984
Introduction
Robert Duncan: A metaphysical quotient
Robert Duncan in conversation with John Tranter, San Francisco, 1985
By Blue Ontario's Shore
Girl in Water
Roy Fisher in conversation with John Tranter
A poem by John Tranter
Two Poems
Dan Dactyl and the Mad Jungle Doctor
Desmond’s Coupé
Address to the Reader