David Rivard is the author of five books of poetry: Otherwise Elsewhere, Sugartown, Bewitched Playground, Wise Poison, and Torque. His poems and essays appear in American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, Ploughshares, Poetry London, and other magazines. His awards include the 2006 O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Ranieri Foundation, and the NEA. He teaches in the University of New Hampshire MFA program.