Philip Gross’ poetry collection, The Egg of Zero (Bloodaxe), and novel, The Storm Garden (Oxford University Press), appeared in 2006. A new collection, The Water Table (Bloodaxe), and collaboration, I Spy Pinhole Eye (Cinnamon), with photographer Simon Denison, will be published in 2009. He is a professor of creative writing at Glamorgan University, United Kingdom. His poetry appears in Smartish Pace, Issue 16 (2009).