Gabriel Gudding is the author of Literature for Nonhumans (Ahsahta Press, 2015), Rhode Island Notebook (Dalkey Archive, 2007) and A Defense of Poetry (University of Pittsburgh, 2002). His essays and poems appear in Harper's Magazine, The Nation, Journal of the History of Ideas, Great American Prose Poems, Best American Poetry, and &Now: Best Innovative Writing. His essays and poems have been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, and Vietnamese. He teaches in the Creative Writing and Literature & Cultural Studies programs at Illinois State University.