Philip St. Clair is the author of four books of poetry: In the Thirty-Nine Steps (Shelley's, 1980), At the Tent of Heraven (Ahsahta, 1984), Little-Dog-Of-Iron (Ahsahta, 1985), and Acid Creek (Bottom Dog, 1997). His chapbooks are #176 in Pudding House's Greatest Hits series (2003) and Divided House (Finishing Line, 1985). His work has appeared in anthologies from the University of Akron Press, Bottom Dog Press, and Southern Illinois University Press, and in 2009 he was included in the University Press of Kentucky's What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets. After his honorable discharge from the United States Air Force in 1965, he attended Kent State University from 1966 to 1974, receiving B.A., M.A., and M.L.S. degrees; in 1985 he earned an M.F.A. from Bowling Green State University. In addition to work as a librarian, a bartender, and a writer/indexer/editor (both in-house and freelance), he has taught at Kent State University, Bowling Green State University, and Southern Illinois University, and in 1991 he came to Ashland Community College (now Ashland Community and Technical College) in Ashland, Kentucky, where he directed the Jesse Stuart Writers' Conference (1992-2002) and chaired the Humanities Division (1998-2004). He retired from ACTC in 2010 and lives with his wife Christina in Ashland, Kentucky.