Michael Garrigan writes and teaches along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. He loves exploring the riverlands with a fly rod and the Pennsylvania wilds with his wife, Jess, and their dog, Whitman. He enjoys watching water move over rocks and feels strongly that every watershed should have a Poet Laureate. He was the 2021 Artist in Residence for The Bob Marshall Wilderness Area and the recipient of the Shippensburg University's Outstanding Teacher Award. Michael is the author of multiple poetry collections including Robbing the Pillars, and his writing has appeared in Orion Magazine, Gray's Sporting Journal, River Teeth, The FlyFish Journal, Water~Stone Review, North American Review, and The Hopper Magazine.