Christopher Locke was recently nominated for his third Pushcart Prize in poetry. Born in Laconia, NH in 1968, he received an MFA from Goddard College. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in such magazines as Southwest Review; Poetry East; The Literary Review; Adbusters; 32 Poems; Alimentum; West Branch; The Sun; and Agenda, (London). Chris has received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, New Hampshire Council on the Arts, and Fundacion Valparaiso (Spain). His first full length collection of poems, End of American Magic, is currently available from Salmon Poetry (Ireland). The books Waiting for Grace & Other Poems (poetry) and Can I Say (memoir) are both due in 2013.