John Pursley III

John Pursley III is a poet who teaches contemporary literature and poetry at Clemson University in South Carolina, where he directs the Clemson Literary Festival. He is also an assistant editor of the South Carolina Review. His debut poetry collection, If You Have Ghosts, was published by Zone 3 Press in 2010. His poems and reviews have appeared in Poetry, AGNI, Colorado Review, and Kenyon Review. He has also published several chapbooks, and in 2020 received a South Carolina Arts Commission fellowship for a book-length poem.