ROB CARNEY,a Washington native, earned a BA in English from Pacific Lutheran University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University, and his PhD at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He is the author of four books of poems, most recently88 MAPSfrom Lost Horse Press (http://www.losthorsepress.org/catalog/88-maps/), and he is on the Editorial Board of and a regular contributor toTerrain: A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments(http://www.terrain.org/tag/rob-carney/orhttp://www.terrain.org/category/old-roads-new-stories/). He is a Professor of English at Utah Valley University and lives in Salt Lake City.