Mammals, Late November

John Hazard grew up in the southeastern Ohio village of Caldwell and now lives in Birmingham, Michigan. He has taught at the University of Memphis and, more recently, at the Cranbrook Schools and Oakland University in suburban Detroit. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net and has appeared widely in magazines, including Ploughshares, Poetry, Shenandoah, Slate, the Gettysburg Review, Arts and Letters, Ascent, Atticus Review, Carolina Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Gulf Stream, New Ohio Review, Harpur Palate, Terrain.org, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. His 2015 book of poetry is Naming a Stranger, and his new collection, Interrupt the Sky, will appear in 2023.