Ely ShipleyEly Shipley's first book, BOY WITH FLOWERS, won the 2007 Barrow Street Press book prize judged by Carl Phillips, the 2009 Thom Gunn Award, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. His writing appears in the Western Humanities Review, Pririe Schooner, Willow Springs, Florida Review, Phoebe, Greensboro Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Hayden's Ferry Review, Diagram, Barrow Street, Third Coast, Gulf Coast, LTTR and Bloom. He holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah and currently teaches literature and writing at Baruch College, CUNY. Read More Read Less