Chad Faries is a Yooper with a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he edited for Cream City Review and received a Fulbright. His current poetry collection, Amasa Speaker Factory, is available from Modern History Press. He has published two other poetry collections and a memoir, Drive Me Out of My Mind. When not telling stories with words, he creates stories with repurposed wood and found objects. His home, Diamond Oaks Treehouse and vintage camper project The Glam Camp—with their whimsical carpentry and design—have been featured in This Old House Magazine, Flea Market Décor, South Magazine, and Savannah Magazine. Recently, Faries was the producer and co-subject of an award-winning documentary, Iron Family, a story of community, resilience, and Jazmine, his sister who lives with Down Syndrome. When not teaching at Savannah State University or petting his cats in Thunderbolt, Georgia, Faries is likely lost somewhere in the world on a motorcycle or running up a hill to practice breathing or practicing yoga handstands with his son, León Karlo del Rocío Faries Leal.