Jeffrey Alfier’s recent books include Fugue for a Desert Mountain, Anthem for Pacific Avenue, and The Red Stag at Carrbridge: Scotland Poems. Gone This Long: Southern Poems, is forthcoming (2019). His publication credits include The Carolina Quarterly, Copper Nickel, Midwest Quarterly, Kestrel, Southern Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, and The Stinging Fly. He is founder and co-editor of Blue Horse Press and San Pedro River Review.