Michael Ruby is the author of five full-length poetry books: AT AN INTERSECTION (Alef Books, 2002); three from BlazeVOX [books], WINDOW ON THE CITY (2006), THE EDGE OF THE UNDERWORLD (2010), and COMPULSIVE WORDS (2010); and AMERICAN SONGBOOK (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013). His trilogy, MEMORIES, DREAMS, AND INNER VOICES (Station Hill Press, 2012), includes Fleeting Memories, a UDP web-book. He is also the author of two chapbooks, The Star-Spangled Banner (Dusie, 2011) and Close Your Eyes (Dusie, 2013), and the editor of Washtenaw County Jail and Other Writings by David Herfort (Xlibris, 2005). A graduate of Harvard College and Brown University's writing program, he lives in Brooklyn and works as an editor at The Wall Street Journal.