Poet R.L. Barth reads from and discusses poetry from his latest book, Learning War.

Copies of Barth's book can be purchased  via Roebling Point Books & Coffee by calling 859-992-9444 or emailing emily@roeblingpointbooks.com In-store pickup and shipping options are available.

R.L. (Bob) Barth grew up in Erlanger, Kentucky. After high school, he served in the United States Marine Corps (1966-1969), with a tour of duty in Vietnam (1968-1969), where he was an assistant patrol leader and then a patrol leader in the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion. He was educated at Northern Kentucky State College and at Stanford University. For more than twenty years (1981-2004) he operated his own small poetry press, while writing, sometime teaching, and working as a bookseller. He has twice been a visiting poet at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Among his poetry collections are Looking for Peace (1985), A Soldier’s Time (1988), Deeply Dug In (2003), and No Turning Back: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (2016). He has also edited The Selected Poems of Yvor Winters(1999), The Selected Poems of Janet Lewis (2000), and The Selected Letters of Yvor Winters(2000). He resides in northern Kentucky with his wife, Susan.

Learning War: Poetry from R.L. Barth