Kyle G. Dargan is a Distinguished Adjunct-in-Residence at American University as well as a master's candidate in Arts Management. His first collection, The Listening, won the 2003 Cave Canem Prize. His work has most recently appeared in Bat City Review, River Styx, and Shenandoah. Currently serving as a consulting/advisory editor for Callaloo, he splits his time between Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.