James B. Nicola
James B. Nicola’s poetry has garnered two Willow Review awards, a Dana Literary award, seven Pushcart nominations, and one Best of the Net nom. His full-length collections include "Manhattan Plaza, Stage to Page: Poems from the Theater, Wind in the Cave" (2017), "Out of Nothing: Poems of Art and Artists" (2018), "Quickening: Poems from Before and Beyond" (2019), and "Fires of Heaven: Poems of Faith and Sense" (2021). A Yale grad, he also has enjoyed a career as a stage director, culminating in the nonfiction book "Playing the Audience: The Practical Guide to Live Performance", which won a Choice award.