Matthew Minicucci is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Champaign. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from numerous journals, including: The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, The Literary Review, Mid-American Review,Hayden’s Ferry Review, Cream City Review, and Crazyhorse, among others. He has also been featured onVerse Daily. He currently teaches writing at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois.