JOHN OLSON is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose poetry. He was the recipient of the The Stranger's 2004 Literature Genius Award, and in 2012 was a finalist for the Washington State Arts Innovator Award. He has also published four novels: Souls of Wind (shortlisted for The Believer Book Award, 2008), The Nothing That Is, The Seeing Machine and In Advance of the Broken Justy, as well as Mingled Yarn, an autofiction.