Tony Leuzzi is the author of Passwords Primeval: 20 American Poets in Their Own Words (BOA, 2012). He is also the author of three collections of poetry, and a writer and Associate Professor of English at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY. The recipient of a National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award and the Wesley T. Hansen Award for Excellence in Teaching, he has written film and book criticism for a number of academic and small-press publications, co-curated two art exhibits, and received two grants from the New York State Council of the Arts.