James Najarian grew up on a goat farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He teaches nineteenth-century British literature at Boston College, where he edits the journal Religion and the Arts. He is the author of The Goat Songs, which won the Vassar Miller prize and was published by the University of North Texas Press.

Books

The Goat Songs (University of North Texas Press, 2018)

Poems Online

“The Dark Ages,” Frost Farm Poetry Prize Winner
“Amaryllis,” America

Anthologies

The Powow River Poets Anthology II (Able Muse Press, 2021)

Honors

Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, Winner: 2017
Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry, First Prize: 2016