Karl Plank

Karl Plank is a poet and scholar of religion. He is the J.W. Cannon Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Davidson College. His poetry has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Tahoma Literary Review, and Zone 3, and has been featured on Poetry Daily. He is a past winner of the Thomas Carter Prize from Shenandoah. His poem "Viewfinder" appeared in Bicoastal Review's ninth issue. He is the author of the poetry collection The Grace of Falling Things (Grayson Books, 2024) and the critical study The Fact of the Cage (Routledge, 2021).