Sean McDowell

Sean McDowell, a professor of English at Seattle University, is the author most recently of the poetry collection Learning to Jump (Resource Editions, 2023) and of Metaphysical Shadows: The Persistence of Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, and Marvell in Contemporary Poetry (Lexington Books, 2022). His poems have appeared in The Madrona Project, Scintilla, The Lyric, The High Window, and Poetry Ireland Review, among other venues. A new chapbook—Flocks in Dark Clouds—is due out from Ravenna Press as part of its Triple series in 2025.