Brendan Walsh has lived and taught in South Korea, Laos, and South Florida. His work appears or is forthcoming in Rattle, Glass Poetry, The American Journal of Poetry, Maine Review, and other journals. He is the winner of America Magazine's Foley Poetry Prize, and the author of five collections, including 'Buddha vs. Bonobo' (Sutra Press), and 'fort lauderdale' (Grey Book Press). His chapbook 'concussion fragment', winner of the 2020 elsewhere Chapbook Prize, was published by elsewhere Press in March 2022. He’s online at www.brendanwalshpoetry.com.