PAOLO JAVIER served as Queens Borough Poet Laureate from 2010-2014. He is the author of seven chapbooks and three previous full-length poetry collections, including The Feeling Is Actual. Javier edited and published 2nd Avenue Poetry (2003-14), an online language art journal that produced three diverse volumes of contemporary innovative poetry, sound art, and visual art. He lives with his family in Sunnyside, Queens.

"Javier's book is at its most pleasurable when he allows his writing to be taken over by repetitions until his lines become hypnotic and trancelike."-- "Publishers Weekly"