Jamie Ross writes, paints, hauls water and chops wood on a mesa west of Taos, New Mexico. He also lives in Mexico. His poetry has been widely published in many journals, as well as the anthology "Best New Poets 2007: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers." His 2010 collection Vinland was awarded the First Book Prize from Four Way Books. He is working on a collection of poems with his own paintings.