D E GreenD. E. (Doug) Green taught for 33 years in the English Department at Augsburg University. He has published articles on Shakespeare, general-interest essays, and poetry. His poem "Gratitude" won the 2018 Martin Lake Journal Bookend Prize; other work ha recently appeared in Bright Light: Stories in the Night, an annual collection of poems and artwork from Southeast Minnesota (2021 and 2022); in the 2021 and 2022 Red Wing Arts Poet Artist Collaboration; in several issues of Willows Wept Review; and in Lost Lake Folk Opera (Summer 2022). You can also find his poems on the sidewalks of his hometown, Northfield, MN. His first collection, Jumping the Median, was published in October 2019 by Encircle Publications. Doug likes to say that he has been an occasional poet for 40 years. Read More Read Less