I am a Chicago native and an assistant chief manuscript editor at the University of Chicago Press. I studied poetry under Bill Knott and John Skoyles at Emerson College, where I received an MA in Publishing and Writing in 2003. When time permits, I retreat to my basement studio in the 1890s farmhouse I moved into a couple years ago, and I paint or draw. A sample of my artwork can be viewed at http://www.etsy.com/shop/gutterbucket.