James Valvis is the author of How to Say Goodbye (Aortic Books 2011). His work has appeared in Anderbo, Arts & Letters, Blip, LA Review, Nimrod, Pedestal Magazine, Rattle, River Styx, and is forthcoming in Gargoyle, Hanging Loose, New York Quarterly, Poetry East, Slipstream, and others. His poetry has been featured in Verse Daily. His fiction has twice been a Million Writers Award Notable Story. He lives in Issaquah, Washington.