Lawrence Bridges lives Los Angeles, California. This is his second book of poems from Red Hen Press. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, and most recently, The Tampa Review. Bridges founded the acclaimed film and design studio, Red Car, and has directed several hundred commercials and music videos, features and documentaries. Stanley Kubrick has called his work in film "visual poetry." More recently, he directed a series of six documentaries on prominent American authors for the NEA's "Big Read" initiative, which include Ray Bradbury, Amy Tan, Rudolfo Anaya, Ernest J. Gaines, Tobias Wolff, and Cynthia Ozick.