Ted Mathys is the author of four books of poetry, Gold Cure (2020), Null Set (2015), The Spoils (2009), and Forge (2005), all from Coffee House Press. The recipient of fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, he holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and an MA in international environmental policy from Tufts University. An Ohio native, he lives in Saint Louis, teaches at Saint Louis University, and curates the 100 Boots Poetry Series at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. For more information, visit www.tedmathys.com.