Matthew Thorburn’s most recent book is Dear Almost: A Poem (LSU Press, 2016), much of which takes place in the Bronx. He is also the author of five previous collections of poems, including This Time Tomorrow (Waywiser Press, 2013) and the chapbook A Green River in Spring (Autumn House Press, 2015). His interviews with writers appear on the Ploughshares blog as a monthly feature. He lives in the Bronx and works in corporate communications in Manhattan.