Gregory Fraser is the author of two poetry collections, Strange Pietà (Texas Tech, 2003) and Answering the Ruins (Northwestern, 2009). He is also the co-author, with Chad Davidson, of the workshop textbook Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008) and the composition textbook Analyze Anything: A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing (Continuum, forthcoming in 2012). His poetry has appeared in literary journals including the Paris Review, the Southern Review, and Ploughshares. The recipient of grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fraser serves as associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of West Georgia.