David Tucker, a graduate of the University of Michigan, studied poetry with Robert Hayden, and his collection, Late for Work (2006), won a Bakeless Prize from the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. His earlier collection, Days When Nothing Happens, won the 2003 Slapering Hol Press chapbook competition. Tucker has worked for 28 years at leading newspapers and is a member of the New Jersey Star-Ledger team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.
