Syd Staiti lives in Oakland and is author of THE UNDYING PRESENT (Krupskaya, 2015) as well as chapbooks Between the Seas (Aggregate Space & Featherboard Writing Series, 2014), In the Stitches (Trafficker Press, 2010), Verse/Switch & Stop-Motion (2008). Staiti served as board president of Small Press Traffic from 2011 to 2015.