Ryan Eckes received his M.A. in poetry in 1997. The title of his thesis was Stolen Cars, which was a winner of the Frances Israel Manuscript Prize. His works have appeared or are forthcoming in Exquisite Corpse, Vert, Main Street Rag, streetnotes, Cue: A Journal of Prose Poetry, Pocket Myths #4: The Odyssey, and elsewhere. In 2003 he was selected as a runner-up by Gil Ott for the Philadelpia City Paper writing contest. His chapbook, When I Come Here, was recently published by Plan B Press. His chapbook lines through your name from Mooncalf Press, is forthcoming. He has given many poetry readings throughout the Philadelphia area.