SCOTT HIGHTOWER is the author of five books of poetry in the US.  Imperative to Spare, the fifth, is from Rebel Satori Press. He has also published two bilingual collections in Spain. Hightower's awards include a Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. He has lived in Austin, has itinerantly sojourned in India, Orvieto, Rome, Valencia, and Madrid, and now lives in Manhattan where he teaches at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study.