About

Darren C. Demaree grew up in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He is a graduate of the College of Wooster, Miami University, and Kent State University. He is the author of seventeen poetry collections, most recently “the luxury”, (January 2023, Glass Lyre Press). He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal.  He is the Editor-in-chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry.  He is currently working in the Columbus Metropolitan Library system, and living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.