David St. John is the author of twelve collections of poetry (including Study for the World’s Body, nominated for The National Book Award), most recently, The Last Troubadour: New & Selected Poems. He is also the co-editor of American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry. He is chair of English and teaches in the Ph. D Program in Creative Writing and Literature at The University of Southern California. (Photo Credit: Stephanie Diani)