Christopher Shipman’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as Carolina Quarterly, Cimarron Review, Exquisite Corpse, Louisiana Review, Redactions, and Salt Hill, among others. His poem “From all the Purple Deer” was featured on Verse Daily, and a review of Andrei Codrescu’s Jealous Witness recently appeared in American Book Review. He teaches poetry and composition at Louisiana State University.