Zachary Schomburg is the author of a book of poems, The Man Suit (Black Ocean Press 2007) and a chapbook, Abraham Lincoln's Death Scene (horse less press 2007). He is also the co-editor of an online poetry magazine, Octopus, the co-editor of a small poetry press, Octopus Books, the co-curator of the The Clean Part Reading Series, and a PhD student at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Poems from his second manuscript, Scary, No Scary, are forthcoming in Laurel Review, Born, Redivider, Bat City Review, Fou and Capgun.

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