Patrick Morrissey is the author of two collections of poetry, The Differences (Pressed Wafer, 2014) and World Music (Verge Books, 2017). His poems and essays have appeared in The Nation, Chicago Review, New American Writing, Textual Practice, and other journals. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Chicago, and from 2014 to 2016, he served as poetry editor of Chicago Review.