Martin Willitts Jr is a Quaker and he was a field medic during the Vietnam War. He has over 20 chapbooks, plus 11 full-length collections including “How to Be Silent” (FutureCycle Press, 2016). His forthcoming books include Dylan Thomas and the Writing Shed (FutureCycle Press) and the winner of the Turtle Island Quarterly Editor’s Choice Award, The Wire Fence Holding Back the World. (Flowstone Press).