Kyle Flak's recent volumes of poetry include WHAT HANK SAID ON THE BUS (Publishing Genius, 2013)(Winner of the Chris Toll Prize), THE SECRET ADMIRER (Adastra Press, 2010), and HARMONICA DAYS (New Sins Press, 2009). In 2013, he was a finalist for a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship from The Poetry Foundation. His writing has recently appeared in Dragnet Anthology 1, Glassfire Anthology, Hart House Review, Makeout Creek, Mudfish, 1913: a Journal of Forms, Poetry East, Spinning Jenny, Toad Suck Review, Whiskey Island, and various other places. "As a poet Flak falls somewhere between Jim Carroll and Charles Bukowski: tough, gritty, direct, honest (?), a few drinks and some drugs thrown in and sometimes sentimental but almost always an exciting adventure to read."-Zvi A. Sesling, BOSTON AREA SMALL PRESS AND POETRY SCENE POETRY by Kyle Flaki thought if i was just lookingout the windowcollecting feelingsnobodywould thinki was bothering themand so they'dlet mestay herequietly foreverenjoyingeverything that matters