Al Maginnes is the author of six poetry collections, most recently Ghost Alphabet (White Pine Press 2008) which won the 2007 White Pine Poetry Prize, Dry Grass Blues (Pudding House Press 2007), a single long poem published as a chapbook, and Film History (Word Tech Editions 2005). Recent or upcoming work can be found in Tar River Poetry, Asheville Poetry Review, Cave Wall, Chautauqua Literary Review, Connotations, Waacamaw, Lake Effect, and Grist. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and teaches at Wake Technical Community College.