JAMES D'AGOSTINO was born prematurely in Chicago, where he later received a B.A. from Loyola University. He took an M.F.A. from Indiana University and a Ph.D. at Western Michigan University. His poems have appeared in such magazines as TriQuarterly, Conduit, Forklift, Ohio, Green Mountains Review, ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), and Denver Quarterly. He lives in Missouri with his wife, the poet Karen Carcia.