Chris Campanioni is the recipient of the 2013 Academy of American Poets Prize for poetry from his collection, In Conversation. His work has been published and reprinted in the Star-Ledger, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bergen Record, the Herald News, The Brooklyn Rail, StatORec, and Fjords Review. He is the author of Going Down, named a best novel of 2013 by the Latina Book Club and selected by the New York Post as a “must-read book.” He recently learned how to ride a bike but still endures major struggles with blowing bubbles and tying ties.