Ed Ochester is the author of twelve books and chapbooks of poetry, the most recent of which are Unreconstructed: Poems Selected and New (Autumn House Press, 2007), The Republic of Lies (Adastra Press, 2007), and American Poetry Now (Pittsburgh, 2007). His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, AGNI, Boulevard, and elsewhere. He is a founding editor of the poetry magazine 5AM, a core faculty member in Bennington College’s MFA Writing Seminars, and the general editor for the Pitt Poetry Series. (updated 4/2011)