Poet, Editor, Literary Project Specialist

In the spirit of C.D. Wright's work, [Peter Mason’s] poem holds its trauma in front of the reader's face without forgetting that every line break and caesura, every trick of language and imagery, must be both authentic and magical.

—Matthew Henriksen, 2018 Judge, C.D.Wright/Academy of American Poet’s Prize

I am impressed by the formal invention that these poems demonstrate again and again. [Peter Mason] plays brilliantly with line breaks to disrupt meaning-making…These poems will live with me for a long time. Their power is earned and real. I’m thankful for the writer’s courage to write such difficult and necessary poems.

—Todd Davis, 2019 Judge, Walton Family Fellowship in Poetry