A poem by John Casteen, who teaches English and poetry workshops at Sweet Briar College, appears in the latest issue of a prestigious literary magazine.

Casteen's Nocturne: Redaction is published in the online Summer 2009 Paris Review, along with works by former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins, Rome Prize fellow Craig Arnold and others. 

In an e-mail to colleagues in Sweet Briar's English department, Casteen wrote that for "some happy reason," The Paris Review chose to make his poem available online. He also notes that the issue includes a "very good interview with Gay Talese," in which Talese has provocative things to say about the status of creative nonfiction.

According to its Web site, The Paris Review was founded in 1953 to emphasize fiction and poetry during a time when criticism held a "dominating place" in literary magazines. William Styron, writing in the inaugural issue, said the idea was not to exclude criticism but to relegate it to the back of the book, where he said it belongs.

"I think The Paris Review should welcome these people into its pages: the good writers and good poets, the non-drumbeaters and non-axe-grinders. So long as they're good," Styron wrote.