Rogers, James Silas: - JAMES SILAS ROGERS is the author of a chapbook, Sundogs, and of a collection of essays and poems involving cemeteries, Northern Orchards: Places Near the Dead. Four of his essays have been named "notables" in the Best American Essays volumes. His poems have appeared in many journals, including Cortland Review, The Cresset, Poetry East, Nimrod, Natural Bridge, and in several anthologies. He has also published widely on Irish-American literature and history.