STU WATSON is a writer, musician, and teacher living in Brooklyn. He is a founder and editor of Prelude, a Pushcart Prize winning journal of poetry and criticism. His work has appeared or is forthcoming at The Collapsar, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, Flag + Void, Jacket 2, White Wall Review, The Opiate, and in the Brooklyn Poets Anthology. He is a PhD candidate in English Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and teaches at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. For more information visit stuwatson.net (photo by Greg Jundanian)