Max Heinegg is the author of Good Harbor (2022), which won the inaugural Paul Nemser Prize, Going There (2023), the chapbook Keepers of the House (2025), and At the Art of War (forthcoming fall 2026), all on Lily Poetry Review Press. He has taught English in the public schools of Medford, MA for 28 years and is poet-laureate of the city of Medford, 2025-2027. He is also a songwriter and recording artist. His most recent record, Through Traveler, is a series of poems set to music, from Walt Whitman to Cornelius Eady. Connect with him on the web at www.maxheinegg.com