Poet and scholar Nick Sturm hails from Akron, Ohio, and is a lecturer in the English Department at Georgia State University. He has published widely on post-1945 American poetry. More information about his scholarship and archival research are available at his blog Crystal Set, nicksturm.com. He has a Ph.D. from Florida State and an M.F.A. from the University of Akron. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.