Ryan G. Van Cleave is a fellow at the University of Wisconsin�s Institute for Creative Writing. Say Hello (Pecan Grove, 2000) is his most recent book of poetry. He is Editor of American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (with Virgil Suarez, Iowa, 2001), visit www.smartishpace.com to read Stephen Reichert�s review of this collection; and Like Thunder: Poets Respond to Violence in America (Iowa, 2002). He is working on a poetry textbook due out in early 2002 from Allyn & Bacon/Longman. (2001)
