Ryler Dustin’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Iron Horse Twentieth Anniversary Issue, The Southern Review, American Life in Poetry, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from the University of Houston, a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and has performed on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam. His book, Heavy Lead Birdsong, is available from Write Bloody Publishing. You can reach him via his website, www.rylerdustin.com.