David Groff’s most recent book, Live in Suspense, was published in 2023 by Trio House Press. His previous book Clay, also from Trio House, was chosen by Michael Waters for the Louise Bogan Award. His first collection, Theory of Devolution, was selected by Mark Doty for the National Poetry Series and published by the University of Illinois Press. With Philip Clark he is the editor of Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS (Alyson) and with Jim Elledge he edited the Lambda Literary award-winning Who’s Yer Daddy?: Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners (University of Wisconsin Press). His writing has appeared in Bennington Review, Cortland Review, HuffPost, The Manifesto Project, The New England Review, Poem-a-Day, Prairie Schooner, and other venues. An independent book editor and consultant, he teaches poetry and publishing in the MFA creative writing program at the City College of New York.  www.davidgroff.com [2]