Robert Cording taught English and creative writing at College of the Holy Cross and then worked as a poetry mentor in the Seattle Pacific University MFA program. He has published ten collections of poems, the latest of which is In the Unwalled City, and a volume of prose on poetry and religion, Finding the World's Fullness. He has been awarded two NEA fellowships in poetry, three Pushcart Prizes, and has had work in numerous anthologies, including The Best American Spiritual Writing, The Poetry Anthology, and The Best American Poetry.