Gary L. McDowell’s poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in The Southeast Review, Ninth Letter, Bat City Review, RHINO, Redactions, No Tell Motel, Bateau, In Posse Review, and many others. He also has work forthcoming in The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel, 2nd Floor (No Tell Books, 2007). He was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize and is a Ph.D. Literature and Creative Writing student at Western Michigan University.