Chard deNiord is the author of four books of poetry, The Double Truth, which was selected as one of the top ten books of poetry by the Boston Globe in 2011, Night Mowing , Sharp Golden Thorn , and Asleep in the Fire. His book of essays and interviews with seven senior American poets (Galway Kinnell, Ruth Stone, Lucille Clifton, Donald Hall, Robert Bly, Jack Gilbert, and Maxine Kumin) titled Sad Friends, Drowned Lovers, Stapled Songs was published in December of 2011. deNiord is the co-founder of the New England College MFA Program in Poetry and Professor of English at Providence College. He lives in Putney, Vermont with his wife Liz.