Thom Tammaro has lived and worked at the western edge of Minnesota for thirty-six years in Moorhead. He recently coedited, with Alan Davis, Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Bob Dylan (2018). He is the recipient of three Minnesota Book Awards, as well as fellowships in poetry from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and the Loft-McKnight Foundation. 23 Poems was published by Red Dragonfly Press in 2016.