Mary Jo Salter

Mary Jo Salter is the author of ten books of poems published by Knopf, including Zoom Rooms (2022), The Surveyors (2017), and the forthcoming Cameo Appearance (2026). Her book Nothing by Design was the recipient of the 2015 Poets' Prize. She is a co-editor of three editions of The Norton Anthology of Poetry and is editor of The Best American Poetry 2024. Salter is Professor Emerita in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.