Eric Pankey is the author of eleven collections of poetry, most recently CROW-WORK and TRACE, from Milkweed Editions and a collection prose poems, DISMANTLING THE ANGEL, from Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press. A new collection, AUGURY, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in 2017. The Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University, Pankey teaches in its BFA and MFA programs.