Richard Chess is the author of four books of poet­ry, most recent­ly Love Nailed to the Door­post (Uni­ver­si­ty of Tam­pa Press 2017). New work has recent­ly appeared or is forth­com­ing in The Sun, Pen­sive, Vita Poet­i­ca, and Lubav­itch Inter­na­tion­al. He is emer­i­tus pro­fes­sor of Eng­lish at UNC Asheville. He is a reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tor to ​“Close Read­ing,” the blog host­ed by SLANT Books. He direct­ed UNC Asheville’s Cen­ter for Jew­ish Stud­ies for 30 years. He is a found­ing board mem­ber of Yet­zi­rah: A Hearth for Jew­ish Poet­ry. You can find more infor­ma­tion, along with more of his work, at richard​chess​.com.