Daniel Crocker's work has appeared in The Los Angeles
Review, Hobart, Big Muddy, New World Writing, Stirring, Juked,
The Chiron Review, The Mas Tequila Review, and over 100
others. His books include Like a Fish (full length) and The One
Where I Ruin Your Childhood (e-chap with thousands of
downloads) both from Sundress Publications. Green Bean
Press published several of his books in the '90s and early 2000s.
These include People Everyday and Other Poems, Long Live
the 2 of Spades, the novel The Cornstalk Man and the short
story collection Do Not Look Directly Into Me. He has also
published several chapbooks through various presses. His
newest full-length collection of poetry, Shit House Rat, was
published by Spartan Press in September of 2017. Stubborn
Mule Press published Leadwood: New and Selected Poems
-1998-2018 (available now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble)
in October 2018. He was the first winner of the Gerald
Locklin Prize in poetry. He is the editor of The Cape Rock
(Southeast Missouri State University) and the co-editor of
Trailer Park Quarterly. He's also the host of the podcast,
Sanesplaining, about poetry, mental illness, and nerd stuff.
He is a bipolar, bisexual Gemini who lives, teaches and writes
in Missouri.
John Dorsey lived for several years in Toledo, Ohio. He is
the author of several collections of poetry, including Teaching
the Dead to Sing: The Outlaw's Prayer (Rose of Sharon Press,
2006), Sodomy is a City in New Jersey (American Mettle
Books, 2010), Tombstone Factory, (Epic Rites Press, 2013),
Appalachian Frankenstein (GTK Press, 2015) Being the Fire
(Tangerine Press, 2016) and Shoot the Messenger (Red Flag
Press, 2017) and Your Daughter's Country (Blue Horse Press,
2019). His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
He may be reached at archerevans@yahoo.com.
