Garrett Phelan is the author of the poetry book Outlaw Odes (Antrim House 2015) and micro-chapbooks Unfixed Marks and Standing where I am (Origami Poetry Project 2014 and 2016). His poems have appeared in a variety of publications including English Journal, Potomac Review, Word Riot, Off the Coast and in the anthology Poetic Art 2010 (Workhouse Arts Center). He taught for many years in Washington, DC area high schools, and has taught creative writing under the auspices of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington National Opera, and a variety of other organizations. He presently teaches poetry in one of Connecticut’s prisons.