Born and reared on Chicagos South Side, Philip S. Bryant is the author of several collections of poetry, including Sermon on a Perfect Spring Day, which was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award in 1999. Most recently, his work appeared in Where One Voice Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. He has also been published in The Iowa Review, The Indiana Review, The American Poetry Review, and Nimrod. Phil was a fellow of the Minnesota Arts Board in 1992 and 1998, and has served on the governing board of The Loft, the premier literary and arts center in the Twin Cities. Bryant is a Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota.