David Spiering (1961-2020) received his Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from Bowling Green, Ohio. His work has appeared in Chiron Review, The Mid-American Poetry Review, Spillway, The Wisconsin Academy Reivew, and many other literary reviews and journals. Spiering has published several chapbooks, including Crooked Litanies. My Father's Gloves was his first full-length collection of poetry.