Brad Richard is chair of the creative writing program at Lusher Charter High School in New Orleans. A native of Texas and Louisiana, he received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. He has published three books of poems Habitations (Portals Press, 2000), MOTION STUDIES (The Word Works, 2011 Winner of the 2010 Washington Prize, finalist for the 2011 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry from The Publishing Triangle), and BUTCHER'S SUGAR (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2012) and two chapbooks, The Men in the Dark (Lowlands Press, 2004) and Curtain Optiona...