Poet Charles Ghigna pulls back the curtain of creativity and presents a poetic look into the mind and heart of the creative process. In a series of pithy and poignant reflections, Ghigna reveals insights into personal truths about inspiration, writing, and art. Dear Poet: Notes to a Young Writer is a companion guide for all who dare follow their dreams and heed the call of the creative life.

Charles Ghigna lives in a treehouse in the middle of Alabama. He is the author of more than one hundred books, and more than five thousand poems that appear in textbooks, anthologies, newspapers, and magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and The New York Times. He served as poet-in-residence at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, instructor of creative writing at Samford University, and is a nationally syndicated feature writer for Tribune Media Services.