W. Todd Kaneko is from Seattle, Washington. He is the author of the poetry books THIS IS HOW THE BONE SINGS (Black Lawrence Press, 2020) and The Dead Wrestler Elegies (New Michigan Press, 2020), and co-author of Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018). A Kundiman fellow, he teaches creative writing at Grand Valley State University and lives with his family in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
