Pavement Saw Press 1995-96 Chapbook Award Winner Chosen by Naton Leslie
This collection includes poems which first appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, Denver Quarterly, Santa Barbara Review, Situation and Willow Springs.
Joshua McKinney grew up in the mountains of northern California near the Oregon border where he worked as a seasonal firefighter for the United States Forest Service. In 1988, he travelled to Japan where he earned a black belt in kendo (Japanese fencing). He holds a Ph.D in English from the University of Denver. His poetry has been published widely. This is his first collection of poems.