Joseph Grantham is a poet and the author of the debut collection TOM SAWYER, available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Grantham was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He grew up in California. He read books for awhile and wrote bad stories and poems and went to school. Not much happened. He lost his virginity when he was 18. He got his BA from Bennington College. He still reads books and writes. He runs Disorder Press with his sister, Mik. He currently lives in Woodland, North Carolina.

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