Stuart Bartow teaches writing and literature at SUNY (State University of New York) Adirondack, where he directs the college's Writers Project. He is also chair of the Battenkill Conservancy, a grassroots environmental group. His most recent book, Teaching Trout to Talk: the Zen of Small Stream Fly Fishing, received the 2014 Adirondack Center for Writing non-Fiction Award. He lives near the Vermont-New York border where he likes to hike and fish. His latest book is GREEN MIDNIGHT (Dos Madres Press, 2018).