The Study of Butterflies

David Barber is the author of two collections of poems, Wonder Cabinet (Northwestern University Press, 2006) and The Spirit Level (Northwestern, 1995), which received the Terrence Des Pres Prize from TriQuarterly Books. Barber’s poetry and criticism have appeared in such publications as Field, New England Review, AGNI, The Paris Review, Poetry, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. He is poetry editor of The Atlantic and teaches in the Harvard Writing Program. (updated 4/2017)