Matt Pasca is the author of two full-length poetry collections—A Thousand Doors (2011 Pushcart nominee) and Raven Wire (2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist)—and work that has appeared in more than 50 publications. As a New York State Teacher of Excellence, Pasca has taught Creative Writing, Mythology and Literature since 1997 and advised his school’s award-winning literary-art magazine, The Writers' Block, since 2003. Pasca has performed and taught at dozens of colleges and conferences, and co-hosts a monthly poetry series, Friday Night Fire, with his amazing wife and fellow author Terri Muuss. Pasca was named Long Island Poet of the Year by the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association in 2022. www.mattpasca.com