Gary Glauber is a widely published poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist. He champions the underdog, and strives to survive modern life's absurdities. He has two previous collections, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) and Worth the Candle (Five Oaks Press), and two chapbooks, Memory Marries Desire (Finishing Line Press) and The Covalence of Equanimity (SurVision Books), a winner of the 2019 James Tate International Poetry Prize. Another collection, A Careful Contrition, is forthcoming later this year from Shanti Arts Publishing.