Jim Natal is the Pushcart Prize-nominated author of 52 Views: The Haibun Variations, Memory and Rain, and two previous poetry collections. His work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Hayden’s Ferry Review, Spillway, Alligator Juniper, San Pedro River Review, and New Poets of the American West. A former NFL creative executive, he directs The Literary Southwest series at Yavapai College and is the publisher and co-founder of Conflux Press.