Michael Mercurio lives and writes in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. His poems, criticism, and interviews have been published in Palette Poetry, Thrush, Lily Poetry Review, Sugar House Review, Bear Review, Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club), The Inflectionist Review, Rust + Moth, The Common, and elsewhere. Michael is Director of Community Engagement for the Faraday Publishing Company and curates What The Universe Is: A Reading Series.