Richard Robbins grew up in Southern California and Montana. He studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana, where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing. He has published three books of poems, including The Invisible Wedding by the University of Missouri Press’ Breakthrough Series, Famous Persons We Have Known by Eastern Washington University Press and The Untested Hand by The Backwaters Press. Blueroad Press is expected to publish Other Americas in 2010. Robbins has received awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the NEA, and the Poetry Society of America. He directs the creative writing program and Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University, Mankato.