Richard Cole has published two books of poetry: The Glass Children (The University of Georgia Press) and Success Stories (Limestone Books). He is also the author of a memoir, Catholic by Choice (Loyola Press). His poems and essays have been published in The New Yorker, Poetry, Hudson Review, Sun Magazine, Barrow Street, Diode, The American Journal of Poetry, Denver Quarterly, The Penn Review, Ruminate, Dappled Things, Image Journal and various anthologies. Honors include an NEA fellowship and a Bush Foundation grant. Cole works as a painter and freelance business writer in Austin, Texas. More at www.richard-cole.net.