Eric Gudas was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1972. His poems, essays, and interviews with American poets have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, The Iowa Review, The Southern Review, Poetry Flash, and other journals. He is the author of the full-length collection BEST WESTERN AND OTHER POEMS (Silverfish Review Press, 2010) and the chapbook BEAUTIFUL MONSTER (Swan Scythe Press, 2003). He and his wife, Alyssa Sherwood, live with their daughter in Los Angeles.