Todd Davis was born and raised in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of a veterinarian father and a Methodist minister mother. He is an associate professor of English at Goshen College in Goshen, Indian; he is teaching this year (2002-2003) in the Iowa Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He studied with Zen Buddhist poet Lucien Stryk and has published widely. He is married to Shelly Davis, and they have two sons. This is his first book. It is in the Midwest Writers Series from Bottom Dog Press
