Edward Byrne is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Seeded Light (Turning Point, 2010). His seventh book of poems, Tinted Distances, is forthcoming in 2011 from Turning Point. His poetry also has appeared in numerous journals, such as American Literary Review, American Poetry Review, American Scholar, Mid-American Review, Missouri Review, North American Review, and Southern Humanities Review, as well as a number of anthologies. In addition, his essays of literary criticism have been published in various journals and book collections, including Mark Strand (Chelsea House Publishers), edited by Harold Bloom, and A Condition of the Spirit: The Life and Work of Larry Levis (Eastern Washington University Press), edited by Christopher Buckley and Alexander Long. Byrne is a professor in the English Department at Valparaiso University, where he also edits Valparaiso Poetry Review.