Mark Svenvold teaches poetry and nonfiction at Seton Hall University. His article on real-time ridesharing is part of a series on community-based infrastructure forthcoming in Orion Magazine. Twelve poems from his book, Empire Burlesque, have been featured, along with an interview, in the spring 1999 issue of The Journal. His first book, Soul Data, won the Vassar Miller Award in 1997, selected by Heather McHugh. (updated 10/2014)