John Gallaher is the author of The Little Book of Guesses (Four Way Books, 2007), Gentlemen in Turbans, Ladies in Cauls (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001) and co-editor of The Laurel Review. His poetry has recently been published in Boston Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, FIELD, jubilat, The Journal, and Ploughshares. He holds graduate degrees from Texas State University and Ohio University and lives in rural Missouri.