Roger Pfingston

Roger Pfingston is a retired teacher of English and photography who lives in Bloomington, Indiana. He has published two poetry books, Stoutes Creek Road (Raintree Press) and Something Iridescent: Poems and Stories (Barnwood Press), as well as two chapbooks, Singing to the Garden (Parallel Press) and Earthbound (Pudding House Press). His poetry has also appeared in many literary journals, including Adirondack Review, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Laurel Review, Naugatuck River Review, New Letters, Ontario Review, Snowy Egret, Spoon River Poetry Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Wisconsin Review, and Yankee Magazine. He has been the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, two PEN Syndicated Fiction awards, and a Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity fellowship.