Jeffrey McDaniel is the author of three books of poetry, most recently The Splinter Factory. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Other poems by Jeffrey McDaniel in Verse Daily:
February 5, 2003:  "The Benjamin Franklin of Monogamy" "Reminiscing in the drizzle of Portland, I notice..."

About Crab Orchard Review:
Poets in this issue: Kelli Russell Agodon, Liz Ahl, Dilruba Ahmed, Maggie Anderson, Julianna Baggott, Robin Behn, Denise Bergman, Eleanor Berry, Remica L. Bingham, S. Beth Bishop, Fleada Brown, Stacey Lynn Brown, Anthony Butts, Kevin Coval, Melissa Frederick, Nola Garrett, Susan Grimm, Cindy Williams Gutierrez, Diane Holland, Kevin Honold, Annemarie Kattan Jacir, Roy Jacobstein, Lesley Jenike, Sandra Kohler, Aviya Kushner, Melissa Kwasny, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Jeanne Larsen, Ed Bok Lee, Stephanie Lenox, Barbara Leon, Timothy Liu, Dawn Lonsinger, Raymond Luczak, Susan Ludvigson, Peter Marcus, Frank Matagrano, Jeffrey McDaniel, Shannon Marquez McGuire, Erika Meitner, Joseph Millar, Jonathan Moody, Carolyn Moore, Deborah Moreno, John Morgan, Arlene Naganawa, Lee Newton, Sharon Olson, Ed Pavlic, Candace Pearson, Cynthia Reeves, Cherene Sherrard, Beth Simon, Susan Sink, Alison Townsend, Brian Turner, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Elizabeth Klise von Zerneck, Davi Walders, Michael Waters, Stefi Weisburd, Gary J. Whitehead