Kimberly Johnson

Kimberly Johnson is the author of two collections of poetry, Leviathan with a Hook and A Metaphorical God (Persea Books, 2002 and 2008), and of a translation of Virgil’s Georgics (Penguin Classics, 2009). Her poetry, translations, and scholarly essays have appeared widely in publications including The New Yorker, Slate, The Iowa Review, and Modern Philology. With Michael C. Schoenfeldt and Richard Strier, she has edited a collection of essays on Renaissance literature, and she has served as the editor for a fully-searchable online collection of John Donne’s complete sermons. Recipient of grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sewanee, and the Mellon Foundation, Johnson lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.