Joseph Ross is the author of four books of poetry: Raising King (2020), Ache (2017),Gospel of Dust (2013) and Meeting Bone Man (2012). His poems appear in manypublications including, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, PoetLore, Drumvoices Revue and the 2022 anthology, WHERE WE STAND: Poems of BlackResilience. He has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations and won the 2012 PrattLibrary / Little Patuxent Review Poetry Prize for his poem "If Mamie Till Was theMother of God." Recently, Ross served as judge for the 2021 Ken Ebert Poetry Prizefrom Iris G. Press. He currently serves on the Poetry Board at the Folger ShakespeareLibrary in Washington, D.C. where he teaches English and Creative Writing. Ross writesregularly at www.JosephRoss.net.