John F. Buckley is the author of five books of poetry: two chapbooks, Breach Birth (2011) and Leading an Aquamarine Shoat by Its Tail (2012), from Alternating Current Press; a solo collection, Sky Sandwiches (2012), from Anaphora Literary Press; and two collaborations with Martin Ott, Poets' Guide to America (2012) and Yankee Broadcast Network (2014), from Brooklyn Arts Press. His work has been nominated multiple times for a Pushcart Prize. His poems have appeared in The Carolina Quarterly, Cimarron Review, The Evergreen Review, The Pinch, Southern Humanities Review, ZYZZYVA, and elsewhere. He holds graduate degrees in poetry and literature from, respectively, the Helen Zell Writers' Program at the University of Michigan and San Francisco State University.