Marc Jam­pole wrote Music from Words and Cubist States of Mind/​Not the Cru­elest Month. His poems and short sto­ries have appeared in many jour­nals and antholo­gies. A for­mer tele­vi­sion news reporter and pub­lic rela­tions exec­u­tive, Marc writes the OpE­dge blog and is imme­di­ate past pres­i­dent of the board of Jew­ish Cur­rents, a nation­al jour­nal of pol­i­tics and the arts.