Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 20, 2026
William Taylor, Jr.

William Taylor, Jr.

William Taylor Jr. lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, and a volume of fiction. His work has been published widely in journals across the globe, including Rattle, The New York Quarterly, and The Chiron Review.

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About William Taylor, Jr.

William Taylor Jr. lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, and a volume of fiction. His work has been published widely in journals across the globe, including Rattle, The New York Quarterly, and The Chiron Review.

He is a five-time Pushcart Prize nominee and was a recipient of the 2013 Kathy Acker Award. He edited Cocky Moon: Selected Poems of Jack Micheline (Zeitgeist Press, 2014). Pretty Things to Say, (Six Ft. Swells Press, 2020) is his latest collection of poetry.

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  • Bored with Rimbaud

    William Taylor Jr. lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, and a volume of fiction. His work has been published widely in journals across the globe.

  • Empty Is the New Black

    "...the latest thing we thought would save us..."

  • Emperor Norton's Boozeland

    "...crazy and dying and grasping at the shiny bits...."