Modern Poetry Association

Poetry (formerly called Poetry: A Magazine of Verse) is published in Chicago, Illinois. The official owner and publisher of the magazine is the Modern Poetry Association. Editors of the magazine include poet Karl Jay Shapiro (1913-2000) in 1954-1955; poet Henry Rago (1915-1969) from October 1955 until Fall 1968; Canadian poet Daryl Hine from 1968-1977. Poet and translator John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) served as editor immediately following Hine through 1983 and Joseph Parisi, succeeding Nims in 1983, served through Spring 2003.

From the description of Papers, 1954-2002. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 663111921

The official owner and publisher of the magazine is the Modern Poetry Association. Editors of the magazine include poet Karl Jay Shapiro (1913-2000) in 1954-1955; poet Henry Rago (1915-1969) from October 1955 until Fall 1968; Canadian poet Daryl Hine from 1968-1977. Poet and translator John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) served as editor immediately following Hine through 1983 and Joseph Parisi, succeeding Nims in 1983, served through Spring 2003. The files of Poetry magazine from its founding in 1912 through 1960 are located at the University of Chicago Library’s Department of special Collections. The records of Poetry held by The Lilly Library, Indiana University, date for the most part from 1962 and the library continues to acquire the journal's correspondence and publication files on a yearly basis.

From the guide to the Poetry mss., 1954-2002, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly)