P. Inman Biography | Poet

Peter Inman (writing as P. Inman ) is an American poet who was born in 1947 and raised on Long Island. He is a graduate of Georgetown University. Since 1980 he has worked at the Library of Congress, where he has been a union activist (i.e. shop steward, executive officer, union rep and contract negotiator) for Local 2910 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFSCME. He has described his politics as "class-based & socialist ". His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies including: In the American Tree (edited by Ron Silliman ) and From the Other Side of the Century. He resides in Maryland with the poet Tina Darragh.