JAMES JOAQUIN BREWER grew up on the rural coast of Oregon and currently lives in West Hartford, Connecticut. He holds an MA in English from the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from Binghamton University. His writing spans multiple literary genres and has appeared in numerous publications, including The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Write Launch, LitBreak, The Hartford Courant, Aethlon, Jeopardy, Rosebud, The Poetry Society of New York, Closed Eye Open, The Manifest-Station, Quibble, Open: Journal of Arts & Letters, BlazeVOX, Mad Swirl, Apricity, Lowestoft Chronicle, and The Writing Disorder.