Matt Hart is the author of FAMILIAR (Pickpocket Books 2022) and nine other books of poems. He was a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety from 1993-2019. He lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, edits the journal Solid State, and plays in the post-punk/indie rock band NEVERNEW: www.nevernew.net.