James Allen Hall’s book of poems, Now You’re the Enemy (University of Arkansas, 2008), won awards from Lambda Literary, the Texas Institute, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers. His book of lyric essays, I Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2017), won the Devil’s Kitchen Award for Nonfiction. Recent work has appeared in Copper Nickel, A Public Space, and Iowa Review (online). He teaches at Washington College.