Michael Hettich's books of poetry include Like Happiness (Anhinga, 2010) and The Animals Beyond Us (New Rivers, 2011), as well as the chapbook The Measured Breathing (Swan Scythe, 2011). His new book, Systems of Vanishing, won the Tampa Review Prize in Poetry and was published in April 2014 by the University of Tampa Press. He lives in Miami. His website is michaelhettich.com.