MARK SCOTT was born in Denver, Colorado, and received his Ph.D. From Rutgers University. Mark Scott’s first collection of poems, Tactile Values, was published by New Issues in 2000. His second, A Bedroom Occupation: Love Elegies, will be published by Lumen Books. His work has been published in such journals as Raritan Review, Kenyon Review, Western Humanities Review, Paris Review, and Poetry. He lives in Omaha.