John Rybicki lives in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author of two previous poetry collections, We Bed Down into Water and Traveling at High Speeds. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Ecotone, and Bomb, among many other publications, and have been reprinted in Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize. He teaches poetry writing through Wings of Hope Hospice to children who have been through trauma or loss. When he is not teaching, he changes tires, paints houses, and does some carpentry.
John Rybicki lives in Detroit, Michigan. He is the author of two previous poetry collections, We Bed Down into Water and Traveling at High Speeds. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Ecotone, and Bomb, among many other publications, and have been reprinted in Best American Poetry and The Pushcart Prize. He teaches poetry writing through Wings of Hope Hospice to children who have been through trauma or loss. When he is not teaching, he changes tires, paints houses, and does some carpentry.