• Returning Dzanc author, this will be Markus's fifth book with Dzanc
• Well-known Michigan poet and recipient of the Kresge Arts in Detroit fellow in literary arts (2012) and Michigan Council of the Arts Grant (1998)
• Individual poems have been widely published, including many in this collection

Peter Markus's most recent book is the collection of poems When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds (Wayne State University Press, 2021) as well as the books of fiction Bob, or Man on Boat (2008), We Make Mud (2012), and The Fish and the Not Fish (2014), all published by Dzanc. He teaches fiction and poetry at Oakland University and is the Senior Writer with InsideOut Literary Arts in Detroit.