Larissa Szporluk is the author of three books of poetry: Dark Sky Question, Isolato, and, most recently, The Wind, Master Cherry, the Wind. She is currently a visiting professor at Cornell University and a permanent member of the Bowling Green State University faculty. Recent work appears in Salt Hill, Now Culture, and Hayden's Ferry Review.

Other poems by Larissa Szporluk in Verse Daily:
March 27, 2003:  "Matsukaze" "All that is built falls at night..."
September 14, 2005:   "Loosely Related Sheep" Larissa Szporluk

About Bat City Review:
Poets in this issue: Craig Arnold, John Bradley, Michael Burkard, Teresa Cader, Mike Chasar, Philip Dacey, Kyle Dargan, Norman Dubie, Karl Elder, Marilyn Hacker, Bill Knott, Anthony Lacavaro, Gerry LaFemina, Ben Lerner, Eric McHenry, Marc McKee, Maurice Manning, Khaled Mattawa, Robert Morgan, Emmanuel Moses, Thylias Moss, Paul Muldoon, Andrew Osborn, Eric Pankey, Barbara Ras, Ron Rash, Mary Ann Samyn, Tracy K. Smith, Andrew Stallings, Larissa Szporluk, David Wagoner, Marlys West, C. K. Williams, Franz Wright, John Yau, C. Dale Young