Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Kyle Dargan is the editor and founder of POST NO ILLS magazine and an assistant professor of literature and creative writing at American University. His debut collection, THE LISTENING, was awarded the 2003 Cave Canem Prize and his sophomore collection, BOUQUET OF HUNGERS, won the 2008 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for poetry. Dargan's non-fiction has appeared in The Newark Star-Ledger and TheRoot.com.Dargan attended St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey before attending Rutgers-NCAS and the University of Virginia. He received his MFA in creative writing from Indiana University (Bloomington) and has studied arts management at American University.