A L NielsenA.L. Nielsen was first a foundling in a furrow just this side of a shelter belt farmers had planted to keep Nebraska from blowing away. Some days following the Grand Island Harvest Day Parade, which Nielsen had mistakenly taken to be held in his hono, he joined his family, sheltering in the shadow of Pike's Peak. Finding the air there a bit thin, he and his family removed to the greater Washington D.C. area, where massive quantities of inhaled tear gas over the subsequent years no doubt determined his aesthetic direction. Nielsen's most recent books are: The Inside Songs of Amiri Baraka, Back Pages: Selected Poems, and Sufferhead. Read More Read Less