Edward Carvalho is a twice-nominated Pushcart Prize poet (2004-2005) and author of solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short from Fine Tooth Press. His poems—once described as “original, innovative, imaginative and brutal”—have appeared along with his essays, reviews, and critical papers in numerous journals throughout the country. He holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from Goddard College (2006) and is currently researching the poetry of Walt Whitman while enrolled as a doctoral student in the Literature and Criticism program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he is the recent recipient of that university’s Twentieth Annual IUP Doctoral Fellowship and employed there as editorial assistant for the Works and Days journal. A native of Connecticut, he now shares dual residence in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts. As of May, Ed will be joining Quay as an Assistant Poetry Editor. Contact: edwardjcarvalho.com.