Richard Brostoff is the author of two chapbooks: Momentum (La Vita Poetica, ), and A Few Forms of Love, (Finishing Line Press). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rattle, Cincinnati Review, North American Review, Poetry East, Madison Review, Folio, Magma, The Moth, The Louisville Review, Verse Daily and many other journals. He won the grand prize at the AEI International Poetry Festival, and was the editor’s choice for the Robert Penn Warren Award. He was also a finalist for the Iowa Review Poetry Contest and the Gival Book Award, and has been nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets.