Rodney Koeneke is the author of four books of poems: Body & Glass (Wave Books, 2018), Etruria (Wave Books, 2014), Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006), and Rouge State (Pavement Saw, 2003). His work has appeared in Fence, Granta, Harper’s, Harriet, The Nation, Poetry, Zyzzyva, and elsewhere. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he teaches college history.