Jeff Friedman is the author of seven previous collections, including Pretenders, Working in Flour, Black Threads, Taking Down the Angel, and Scattering the Ashes. His poems, mini-stories, and translations have appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry, New England Review, Poetry International, and the New Republic, among other places. He has taught at Keene State College for many years and is married to the painter Colleen Randall. They live in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, with their dog, Ruby.