Stuart Bartow teaches writing and literature at State University of New York (SUNY) Adirondack in eastern New York State, where he also directs the college’s Writers Project. His previous two collections published by WordTech Editions are Reasons to Hate the Sky and Questions for the Sphinx, which won the Adirondack Center for Writing People’s Choice Best Book Award for 2011. He is also chair of the Battenkill Conservancy, a grassroots environmental group.