James M. Wright worked for many years as a psychotherapist and wilderness guide. Currently he lives on the Maine Coast where he reads, writes, walks in the woods, and builds skin-on-frame kayaks. He is the author of a novel, The Gorge of Despair, and a work of non-fiction, Mirror of Beasts: Episodes of a Reflected Ecology. He has published essays and reviews in various journals, including Shaman's Drum, Orion, and Circles on the Mountain. Cover Art: Matt Crane