Paul Kane, author of Welcome Light (2016), has published five previous collections of poems and ten other books. He has received a Fulbright award, Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, grants from the Mellon Foundation, a residency from the Bogliasco Foundation, and an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University. Kane is poetry editor for Antipodes, artistic director for the Mildura Writers Festival, and general editor of The Braziller Series of Australian Poets. He is currently a professor of English and Environmental Studies at Vassar College and divides his time between homes in Warwick, NY, and Central Victoria in Australia.