Stephen Ackerman is the author of Late Life (Silverfish Review Press, 2022), winner of the 2020 Gerald Cable Book Award. His poems have appeared in many print and online publications, including Alaska Quarterly Review, Best New Poets 2010, Boulevard, Harper’s Magazine, the Manhattan Review, Mudfish, Partisan Review, Plume, Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. He lives in Poughquag, NY. www.stephenackermanpoetry.com.