Jacob Saenz, the Library’s Acquisitions Assistant, has a new poem, “Sweeping the States,” in this month’s issue of Poetry magazine. He’s also the featured poet on PoetryFoundation.org’s blog Harriet today.

Jacob is a recent Columbia College Chicago Poetry major graduate (B.A. ’06), and was interviewed about this impressive accomplishment on the department’s blog: http://columbiacollegepoetryba.blogspot.com/2007/11/jacob-saenz-sweeps-slush-pile.html

Congratulations, Jacob!