Paul Kareem Tayyar is the author of SCENES FROM A GOOD LIFE (Tebot Bach, 2009), Postmark Atlantis (Level 4 Press, 2009) and Everyday Magic (West-Coast Bias Press, 2007). He is a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize. Tayyar is the founder and editor of World Parade Books, an independent press located in Southern California that has published books by Gerald Locklin, Edward Field, and Donna Hilbert.