Stephen Paul Miller is a professor of English at St. John’s University. His new book is Beautiful Snacks (Marsh Hawk Press).  He will read from this book in his New Orleans reading. This reading will include poems that are included in Best American Poetry 2023, Contemporary Surrealist and Magical Realist Poetry: An International Anthology, Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, Cimarron Review, Shofar, Posit, New York Daily News, St. Mark's Poetry Project Newsletter, Publisher's Weekly, and elsewhere. Bob Holman has said of my book, "Beautiful Snacks is a full-course meal." Joyelle has called my poetry "exhilarating." According to Charles Bernstein, "Miller's sparkle opens onto philosophic muscle." Marjorie Perloff called Miller's poetry "irresistible" and "delightful." Anne Tardos has called his poems "totally hip." "Political without being didactic," Erik Mortenson calls Beautiful Snacks, "inspirational without sounding cliched." David Shapiro said that "Miller has a new tone and a new voice, non-parallel in his generation." Denise Duhamel called his poems "literary triumphs."