The Poetry Foundation announced that Don Share would replace Christian Wiman as the next editor of Poetry magazine. Outgoing Foundation president John Barr nominated Share and the board voted unanimously to ratify the appointment. “Don Share's deep experience as editor, critic, poet, and scholar, as well as his fellowship with the entire poetry community, make him the perfect choice to lead Poetry into its second century,” said Barr.

Part of Share’s new initiatives as editor includes increasing the magazine’s young readership. He also hopes to strengthen digital channels in an attempt to enhance conversation between the magazine and it’s readers. Share said, of his new position, “It is a great honor, and a greater responsibility, to continue the work of such marvelous editors as Harriet Monroe, Henry Rago, and Christian Wiman, who are my heroes and my inspiration.”

Don Share has twenty-five years of experience in poetry and publishing, including editorial posts at the Partisan Review, Harvard Review, and Literary Imagination: The Review of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. He will begin his tenure on July 1^st and will be the twelfth editor in the magazine’s 101-year history.

Source: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/2013/186394