Michael Prior’s third book of poems, Wartime Measures is forthcoming in 2027. His second collection, Burning Province, won the Canada-Japan Literary Award, and the BC & Yukon Book Prizes’ Poetry Prize. He is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center, the Jerome Foundation, and the Amy Clampitt Residency. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, and the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day series. He has been the writer-in-residence at Wichita State University and North Carolina State University. He edits Véhicule Press’s poetry imprint, Signal Editions, and is currently at work on a book of essays.