Mary Christine Delea, a native Long Islander, will have her first full-length collection of poems, The Skeleton Holding Up The Sky, published in January 2006 by Main Street Rag. She currently lives in Kentucky where she teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Eastern Kentucky University.

About The American Poetry Journal:
Poets in this issue: Kelli Russell Agodon, Maureen Alsop, Kristin Berger, E.G. Burrows, Mary Crow, Mary Christine Delea, Jehanne Dubrow, Ruth Moon Kempher, John P. Kristofco, Lynne Knight, Sari Krosinsky, M. B. McLatchey, Andrew H. Oerke, Alison Pelegrin, Jennifer Reeser, Susan Rich, C. J. Sage, Margot Schilpp, Mike White