Robert Campbell is a queer poet living and writing in rural Kentucky. He is the author of Monster Colloquia (Hellbox Publications; 2020) and In the Herald of Improbable Misfortunes (Etchings Press; 2018). His poetry and criticism have appeared in Tupelo Quarterly; The Collagist; Columbia Poetry Review; River Styx; Ninth Letter; Asheville Poetry Review; Tinderbox Poetry Journal; Sundog Lit; Zone 3; The Adroit Journal; and many other journals. Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize; short-listed for the 2015 Black Warrior Review Poetry Contest; third place winner of the 2013 River Styx International Poetry Contest; and previous winner of the Flo Gault Poetry Prize through Sarabande Books; Robert holds an MFA in poetry from Murray State University and an MS in library science from the University of Kentucky. He lives with his partner and animals along a winding country road with a great wealth of trees; goats; and old barns.
