Corey Mesler has published in numerous journals and anthologies. He has published two novels, Talk: A Novel in Dialogue (2002) and We Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon (2006). His first full length poetry collection, Some Identity Problems (2008), is out from Foothills Publishing and his book of short stories, Listen: 29 Short Conversations, will appear in March 2009. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize numerous times, and one of his poems was chosen for Garrison Keillors Writers Almanac. He has two children, Toby, age 20, and Chloe, age 12. With his wife, he runs Burkes Book Store, one of the countrys oldest (1875) and best independent bookstores. He also claims to have written These Boots are Made for Walking. He can be found at www.coreymesler.com.
All Poems © Corey Mesler, 2008
