Darren C. Demaree's poems have appeared, or are scheduled to appear in Diode, Meridian, New Letters, Diagram, and the Colorado Review. He is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly (2016, 8th House Publishing). He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. Darren currently lives and writes in Columbus, Ohio where he lives with his wife and children.