Andrew Michael Roberts is the author of the poetry collections something has to happen next from the University of Iowa Press, GOOD BEAST (Burnside Review Books, 2015), and two chapbooks: Dear Abandon from Poetry Society of America and Give Up from Tarpaulin Sky Press. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he spends his time as a cardiac nurse, a cyclist, a sasquatch enthuasist, a library regular, and a poet.