Barry George is the author of Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku and The One That Flies Back. His poems have been published in leading haiku and tanka journals and have been translated into at least twelve languages. His work has appeared in anthologies such as A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, The New Haiku, Haiku 21, Streetlights: Poetry of Urban Life in Modern English Tanka, and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. Among his honors are an AWP Intro Poets Award, Pushcart Prize nomination, and numerous Japanese short-form prizes, including the Gerald R. Brady Contest, First Prize. A graduate of Duke Law School and Spalding University's MFA in Writing program, he lives and teaches in Philadelphia.