Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author or editor of eleven books including Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (BOA Editions, 2010), Broken Hallelujahs (2007 BOA Editions), the novella THE BLUE CITY (2008 Marick Press), and the poetry collection NIGHTSHIFT BELONGING TO LORCA (Mammoth Books, 2004). A former high school dropout and factory worker, he is the Assistant Director for Creative Writing at Penn State Erie.