Bryan WalpertBryan Walpert is the author of a short story collection, Ephraim's Eyes; the poetry collections Etymology, A History of Glass, and most recently Native Bird; and the scholarly books Poetry and Mindfulness: Interruption to a Journey and Resistance to cience in Contemporary American Poetry. His work has been recognized by the Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Award in Creative Science Writing-Fiction, the Montreal International Poetry Award, the New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition and the James Wright Poetry Award (U.S.). He is a Professor in creative writing at Massey University in Auckland. More on Bryan can be found at bryanwalpert.com. Read More Read Less