ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lucas Bernhardt worked for a variety of mental health and social service organizations before earning MAs in English and Writing from Portland State University, as well as an MFA in Poetry Writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His poetry and criticism have appeared in journals such as Verso, Drunken Boat, Aught, Iodine, and elimae. He was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and raised on the central coast of California.