David James' books include A Heart Out of This World, She Dances Like Mussolini, and My Torn Dance Card. He's also published five chapbooks: Do Not Give Dogs What is Holy, I Dance Back, I Will Peel This Mask Off, Trembling in Someone's Palm and No Way to Stop the Bleeding. In addition to publishing poetry, more than thirty of James' one-act plays have been produced from New York City to California. He has degrees from Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University and Wayne State University and teaches at Oakland Community College in Michigan. James is married, has three grown children, and revels in the lives of his five grandchildren: Cloud, Chloe, Henry, Simon and Elliot. Pictures available upon request.