Douglas NordforsDouglas Nordfors is a native of Seattle, and has lived since 1989 in and around Charlottesville, Virginia. He has a BA from Columbia University (1987) and an MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia (1991), and has taught writing and literature t Milton Academy, the University of Virginia, James Madison University, Germanna Community College, and other places. Beginning in 1987, he has published poems in numerous journals, including Quarterly West, California Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, The Iowa Review, Poet Lore, The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, The Seattle Review, and The Sycamore Review. Plain View Press published his two previous books of poetry, Auras (2008) and The Fate Motif (2013). He is also a fiction writer, with three so-called literary novels self-published and available online, Jane Davies, Little Book, which is based on the early life of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Wokokon. Read More Read Less