Edward D. Currelley, poet, author and artist is widely anthologized. Publications include but are not limited to, Mom Egg Review, Dove Tales International journal of the a Arts, published by Writing for Peace. Sling Magazine, and Metaphor issue #5, a quarterly magazine of modern and contemporary poetry. His poem “I America” appears in Split This Rock, as part of their Poems of Resistance, Power & Resilience (2017), Eber & Wein’s “Across the way Mountain”. He received honorable status by Writer’s Digest for stage playwriting in 2008. He is also a Push Cart Prize Nominee. He’s authored two children’s books and one young adult novel. He is the President of Pen to Mind books & Child Development Concepts, Inc. He is a board member of Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. He resides in New York City.