John Amen is the author of four previous collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer; More of Me Disappears; At the Threshold of Alchemy; and strange theater, finalist for the 2016 Brockman- Campbell Award. He is co-writer, along with Daniel Y. Harris, of The New Arcana. His work has been translated into Spanish, French, Hungarian, Korean, and Hebrew. In addition, he has released two folk/folk rock CDs: All I'll Never Need and Ridiculous Empire. He founded and continues to edit The Pedestal Magazine.