George AlbonGeorge Albon is the author of EMPIRE LIFE (Littoral Books, 1998), Thousands Count Out Loud (lyric& press, 2000), BRIEF CAPITAL OF DISTURBANCES (Omnidawn Publishing, 2003), STEP (The Post-Apollo Press, 2006), MOMENTARY SONGS (Krupskaya, 2008) ASPIRATION (Omnidawn Publishing, 2013), and FIRE BREAK (Nightboat Books, 2013). His work has appeared in HAMBONE, NEW AMERICAN WRITING, O Anthology 4, Avec Sampler 1, and the anthologies The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative American Poetry, BAY POETICS, and Blood and Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard. His essay The Paradise of Meaning was the George Oppen Memorial Lecture for 2002. He lives and works in San Francisco. Read More Read Less