BILL KNOTT is the author of eleven collections of poetry including, most recently, The Unsubscriber (FSG, 2004). He is currently an associate professor at Emerson College. STAR BLACK is a photographer and visual artist, as well as the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Ghostwood (New York Poet Series, 2003). MARK DOTY is the author of several books of poetry and three memoirs. He currently teaches at the University of Houston.