Thomas Sayers Ellis is the author of The Maverick Room (2005), which won the John C. Zacharis First Book Award, and a recipient of a Whiting Award. His poems and photographs have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including American Poetry Review, Callaloo, Best American Poetry (1997 and 2001), Grand Street, The Baffler, Jubilat, Tin House, Poetry, and The Nation Mr. Ellis is a contributing writer to Waxpoetics, Poets & Writers and contributes to TSE's Pick of the Week at www.tmottgogo.com. He is also an Assistant Professor of Writing at Sarah Lawrence College and a faculty member of The Lesley University low-residency M.F.A Program. He lives in Brooklyn, NY and spends his summers in Washington, D.C. working on The Go-Go Book: People in the Pocket in Washington, D.C. His new book, Skin, Inc., is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in fall 2010.