Boomer Pinches was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and received his MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His work has appeared in Best New American Voices. Pinches lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:Tempus, poetry, in Spring 2015Wellfleet, poetry, in Fall 2015The Writer, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2014–2015