Rodney Koeneke is the author of four books of poems: Body & Glass (Wave, 2018), Etruria (Wave, 2014), Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006), and Rouge State (Pavement Saw, 2003). His work has appeared in Chicago Review, Fence, Granta, Harper’s, The Nation, Poetry, Zyzzyva, and elsewhere. He teaches history at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.