Larissa Szporluk is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Bowling Green State University. She is the author of Dark Sky Question; Isolato; The Wind, Master Cherry, the Wind; and the forthcoming Embryos and Idiots.

Other poems by Larissa Szporluk in Verse Daily:
February 1, 2006:   "Judges" " There is nothing beautiful about us...."
September 24, 2005:   "Cuckoo" " I nudge the eggs..."
September 14, 2005:   "Loosely Related Sheep" " Jump, uncle, jump...."
March 27, 2003:  "Matsukaze" "All that is built falls at night..."

About Backwards City Review:
Poets in this issue: Kristy Bowen, Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, Escaped Bull, Chet Corey, Jeremy Aufrance, Justin Lacour, Devon Wootten, Lisa Russ Spaar, Stephen Cushman, Abigail Cloud, Marc McKee, Vanessa Mancinelli, F. Daniel Rzicznek, Jessica Fjeld, Larissa Szporluk, Kristi Maxwell, Renee Wells