Ryan J. Browne holds an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Alabama and a B.A. in English from Creighton University. While in Alabama, he taught poetry and literature classes in medium- and maximum-security prisons with the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. His poems have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, The Journal, Spoon River Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He was born and raised in Colorado and now lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife and dog. He is the author of the award-winning poetry collection OUTSIDE COME IN (Bright Hill Press, 2012).