William F. DeVault

William F. DeVault is a poet who has published over 30 books. He was named the US National Beat Poet Laureate for 2017-2018 by the National Beat Poetry Foundation. He is also known as an early internet poet, named the Romantic Poet of the Internet by Yahoo in 1996. His 2026 Venetian Spider Press collection Ukraine Is a Woman is largely inspired by the artist Mariya Andriichuk.