Marc J. Sheehan is the author of the poetry collections Greatest Hits, Vengeful Hymns, and Limits to the Salutary Effects of Upper-Midwestern Melancholy, as well as the flash fiction chapbook Dissenting Opinion from the Committee for the Beatitudes. He has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Council for the Arts and the Hopwood Foundation. He lives in Grand Haven, Mich.