Aaron Anstett's poetry collections are Please State the Nature of Your Emergency, Moreover, Insofar as Heretofore, Each Place the Body's, No Accident, and Sustenance. Among other honors, his work has received the Nebraska Book Award, the Backwaters Press Prize, and the Balcones Poetry Prize, and he has served as a regional poet laureate, instituting a continuing project that places the work of local writers in waiting areas. He lives in Colorado with his wife, Lesley, and children.