Richard Meier's first book, Terrain Vague, was selected by Tomaz Salamun for the Verse Prize and published by Verse Press in 2001. His second book of poetry, Shelley Gave Jane a Guitar was published by Wave Books in 2006. His poems have appeared in Conjunctions, Volt, Boston Review, Lungfull!, and other literary journals and magazines. He has lived in, among others, the towns and cities of: Orfordville, Chicago, Brooklyn, Paris, Pittsburgh, and Tuscaloosa.