Jacob Strautmann’s first poetry collection, The Land of the Dead is Open for Business, is forthcoming from Four Way Books in spring 2020. His poems have appeared in Appalachian Heritage, The Harlequin, AGNI, Quiddity, and elsewhere. Recipient of a 2018 Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship, Strautmann is a contributing editor of Salamander and the managing director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre at Boston University. (updated 10/2018)