Gianmarc Manzione is a Puschart Prize-nominated poet and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Southern Review, Raritan, and elsewhere. He earned an MFA in creative writing from The New School in 2004, and he currently teaches English and Creative Writing at College of Central Florida. He previously worked as the Managing Editor and Features Writer for BOWL.com, the official website of the United States Bowling Congress.