James Cummins holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and has published six books of poems; the most recent of which is Still Some Cake from Carnegie Mellon University Press in 2012. He's published poems in many journals; including Paris Review; Kenyon Review; Harper's; AGNI; Shenandoah; et al; and has had work appear in several anthologies; including the Oxford Book of American Poetry; edited by David Lehman; and 100 More; edited by Billy Collins. He's had poems selected for inclusion in five volumes of the Best American Poetry annual anthologies; and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Ingram Merrill Foundation; and the Ohio Arts Council. Cummins taught film; literature; and creative writing at the University of Cincinnati for many years.