About the Author

Gerald Fleming's previous books are THE CHOREOGRAPHER (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2013), NIGHT OF PURE BREATHING (Hanging Loose Press, 2011), and SWIMMING CLIMBING ONTO SHORE (Sixteen Rivers Press, 2005). He taught in San Francisco's public schools for thirty-seven years and has written three books for teachers, including Rain, Steam, and Speed (Jossey-Bass/Wiley). From 1995 to 2000, he edited and published the literary magazine Barnabe Mountain Review, and is currently editing both the limited- edition vitreous magazine One (More) Glass and The Collected Prose & Poetry of Lawrence Fixel. He lives most of the year in Lagunitas, California, and part of the year in Paris, France.