MICHAEL STEFFEN is the author of three poetry collections—No Good at Sea (Legible Press, 2002), Heart Murmur (Bordighera Press, 2009) and Bad Behavior (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2012). His poems have appeared in a wide variety of journals including Poetry, Potomac Review, Poet Lore, Rhino, Chiron Review, and many others. New work has appeared, or will appear soon, in Thimble, Lily Poetry Review, The Chestnut Review and other journals. Michael is a graduate of the MFA writing program at Vermont College and currently lives in Buffalo, NY.