John Yamrus

As a working writer for more than 50 years, John Yamrus has published more than 40 books. The ultra-prolific Yamrus has also had nearly 3,500 poems published in books, magazines and anthologies around the world. While he is known mostly for his often snarky humor and simple subjects, Yamrus is widely recognized as a master of neo-noir and minimalism. His work has been taught in dozens of college classrooms and been included in several textbooks.

Several of his books have now appeared in Europe in translation. His most recent books are the memoir THE STREET, a look back at his life growing up less than wealthy in the 1950s in a Pennsylvania coal mining community, and PEOPLE (AND OTHER BAD IDEAS), another book of his unique and highly individual poetry.