R J LambertR.J. Lambert (he, him, his) is a queer writer, editor, and teacher based in Charleston, South Carolina. Surviving the 1999 Columbine High School shootings fostered his interest in the healing power of writing in response to individual and communal trumas, which he has explored through scholarly research, presentations, and poetry. He was a James A. Michener Poetry Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, where he co-founded and co-edited the journal Bat City Review. His poems have since appeared widely in journals and anthologies. He recently won the 2021 Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry from New Letters and was nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize by The Worcester Review. This is his debut poetry collection. R.J. teaches science writing and health communication at the Medical University of South Carolina. Find him online at rj-lambert.com. Read More Read Less