Philip Brady is the author of five books of poetry, a memoir, and two essay collections. His work has been awarded the Snyder Prize from Ashland Poetry Press, a Gold Medal from ForeWord, an Ohioana Poetry Award, six individual artist fellowships and the Governor’s Award from the Ohio Arts Council, and a Thayer Fellowship from New York State. He is the executive director of Etruscan Press and a distinguished professor of English at Youngstown State University. He also teaches in the low residency program at Wilkes University.