David Gardiner is a poet, editor, and professor who was born and raised in Chicago. From 2006 to 2010, he was founder and editor of the international arts journal, An Sionnach, which published Van Morrison, Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Paula Meehan, and Eamonn Wall, among others. He attended the first Writers’ Workshop at University College Galway under the direction of Gerald Dawe and was taught there by Thomas Kilroy, John McGahern, and Richard Murphy. For over 10 years, he directed the Creighton summer program at Trinity College Dublin. He has authored over 60 journal publications, edited over 25 journals and volumes, and written five books.