PETER CARLAFTES is the author of six books including the poetry collections Life in the Past Lane, Drunkyard Dog, and I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt and two collections of plays: Teatrophy and Triumph for Rent. He is co-editor of the annual contemporary dada journal Maintenant and editor of The Faking of the President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir. His poetry has appeared in NYC from the Inside, Love Love Magazine, Chorus: A Literary Mixtape, and many more. Co-director of Three Rooms Press, he lives in New York City.