The Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2025-2027), Joshua Michael Stewart, is the author of four previous collections of poetry: Break Every String (Hedgerow Books, 2016), The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums (Human Error Publishing, 2020), Love Something (Main Street Rag, 2022), and Welcome Home, Russell Edson (Soft Shoe Press, 2024). His work has appeared in the Massachusetts Review, Rattle, New Flash Fiction Review, Mystery Tribune, Best Small Fictions 2025, and in many others. Visit him at https://joshuamichaelstewartauthor.com