Robert Miltner was born in Cleveland and raised in Avon Lake, along Ohio�s North Coast. He has lived in these Ohio cities; Cincinnati, Steubenville, Lakewood, and now Canton. He has attended Xavier University for a B.A., John Carroll University for an M.Ed., and Kent State University for a Ph.D. He is associate professor of English at Kent State University at Stark where he teaches creative writing and literature. He is coordinator and on the poetry faculty of the Northeast Ohio MFA in Creative Writing Consortium Program (NEOMFA). He has been an active advocate for peace and justice. His poems, fiction, and essays have appeared widely in a variety of literary magazines, chapbooks, and journals. He is co-founder of the International Raymond Carver Society and edits The Raymond Carver Review.