Daniel Gutstein is the author of two collections, Bloodcoal & Honey (Washington Writers Publishing House, 2011), and non/fiction (Edge Books, 2010). His writing has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Schooner, American Scholar, the Penguin Book of the Sonnet, and Best American Poetry. He is co-director of a forthcoming documentary film on the standard American tune, “Li’l Liza Jane,” and is a lyricist and vocalist for the punk-jazz band, Joy on Fire.