Richard Collins
Richard Collins grew up in California and graduated from the University of Oregon and the University of California, Irvine. He has taught at universities in the U.S., Romania, Bulgaria, and Wales. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Asylum Annual, Rosebud, Fiction International, and Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, among many other journals. His books include John Fante: A Literary Portrait (Guernica Editions), No Fear Zen (Hohm Press) and In Search of the Hermaphrodite: A Memoir (Tough Poets Press, 2024). He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he directs Stone Nest Zen Dojo.