Steven Schroeder grew up in the Texas Panhandle, where he first learned to take nothing seriously, and his poetry continues to be rooted in the experience of the Plains. His work has appeared in Dimsum, Macao Closer, New Texas, Poetry Macao, Rhino, Shichao, Sichuan Literature, Texas Review, and other literary journals. His most recent collection is The Imperfection of the Eye, published by Virtual Artists Collective in 2007. Six Stops South is forthcoming from Cherry Grove Collections. Schroeder teaches at the University of Chicago in the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults and at Shenzhen University. Visit his website for more details. [Read]