Tony Gloeggler is a life long resident of NYC and managed group homes for the developmentally disabled for 40 years. His first full length collection ONE WISH LEFT with Pavement Saw Press went into a 2nd printing in 2007. UNTIL THE LAST LIGHT LEAVES was published with NYQ Books in 2015 and named a finalist for the Milt Kessler Poetry Award. WHAT KIND OF MAN, also published by NYQ Books, was long listed for Jacar Press’ Julie Suk Award and named a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize 2021.