Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author or editor of 16 books including The Second O of Sorrow (BOA Editions) and SCYTHING GRACE (Eltruscan Press, 2013). His awards include a Fulbright Lectureship and two Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Fellowships. He works as a med tech and caregiver for various disabled populations. He lives with the poet Lisa M. Dougherty and their two daughters in Erie, PA.