Bryan Penberthy is a former AWP Intro Journals Award Winner. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in many journals, including crazyhorse, West Branch, River Styx, the New Orleans Review, and ACM.

About Bat City Review:
Poets in this issue: Terrance Hayes, Gary L. McDowell, Stephen Dunn, Carol Guess, Dorianne Laux, Phillip Pardi, Lawrence Raab, Emily Pérez, Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton, Steven D. Schroeder, Arthur Smith, Davis McCombs, Al Maginnes, Tim O’Connell, Allen C. Fischer, Lisa Williams, Sam Taylor, Grace Bauer, Bryan Penberthy, Nicky Beer, Denise Duhamel, Matthew Gavin Frank, Billy Collins, Marilyn Kallet, Joanne Lowery, Phil West, Noah Falck, Carrington MacDuffie, Amanda Auchter, James Harms, Lance Larsen, Eugene Gloria, Mark M. Martin, H. L. Hix, Mary Austin Speaker, Cyrus Cassells, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Bob Hicok