Born in Iowa in 1979, Travis Nichols now lives in Chicago. He is the author the poetry collections SEE ME IMPROVING (Copper Canyon Press, 2010) and IOWA (Letter Machine Edtions, 2010), and the novel OFF WE GO INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER (Coffee House Press, 2010). An editor at the Poetry Foundation, his writing has appeared in The Village Voice, The Believer, Details, Paste, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and The Stranger. He also edits the online magazine Weird Deer.
