Westley Heine is the author of Busking Blues: Recollections of a Street Musician and Squatter (Roadside Press 2022). Most recently, Roadside Press has released his poetry collection Street Corner Spirits (2023), a new collection of his short stories and poems, entitled Cloud Watching in the Inferno (2025), both of which have spoken word albums available on all streaming services. He is a member of the Society of Midland Authors, twice featured performer at the original poetry slam at The Green Mill in Chicago, and was the poet chosen to represent Illinois at the Route 66 Poetry and Arts Festival 2025.