LUKE JOHNSON is the author of the poetry collection After the Ark (NYQ Books, 2011). His poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, New England Review, New York Quarterly, Southwest Review, Threepenny Review, and have twice been featured in the Best New Poets anthology. He has received awards, grants, and scholarships, from the Academy of American Poets, the Atlantic Monthly, Artist Trust, the Fishtrap Conference, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.He currently lives in Seattle, Washington, where he manages a dog-food store, works on a second-collection, and endeavors to raise a Redbone Coonhound named Boone. He blogs haphazardly at http://proofofblog.blogspot.com.
