Bob Hicok is assistant professor of English at Virginia Tech University. He is the author of "Insomnia Diary, Animal Soul, Plus Shipping," and "The Legend of Light," A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Hicok is the recipient of the Felix Pollak Prize, an NEA Fellowship, the Jerome J. Shestack Prize, and two Pushcart Prizes. His poems have appeared in three volumes of "Best American Poetry,"