Ryan Murphy's poems have appeared in Crowd, The Denver Quarterly, and The Paris Review. His chapbook, On Violet Street, will be published by the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. He lives in New York City.

About The Canary:
Poets in this issue: Michael Dumanis, Noelle Kocot, Thomas Lux, Cate Marvin, Terrance Hayes, Monical Ferrell, Frank Matagrano, Lori Shine, Matthew Celona, Tina Celona, Tomaz Salamun, Rae Gouirand, Olena Kalytiak Davis, James Sanders, Jeffrey McDaniel, Crystal Curry, Arielle Greenberg, Sam Witt, Aaron Belz, Katy Lederer, John Repp, Joshua Beckman, Oni Buchanan, Rachel Daley, Jon Woodward, David Rivard, Nick Twemlow, Josh Bell, Aaron Kunin, Amanda Powell, Ryan Murphy, Rob Cook, Vanessa Stauffer, James Crizer, Brandon Mise, Ben Lerner, Catherine Wagner, Patrick Herron, Josh May, Pascale Petit, Nathan Parker, T. Clayton Wood, Jeff Bahr, Andy Carter, Geoffrey Detrani, Joseph P. Wood, Erica Bernheim, Joseph Victor Milford, Charles Bernstein, Matthew Rohrer.