A summer resident of the mountains of North Carolina, Ken Turner has been working outside of North America for nearly twenty years. He has taught in Congo, Pakistan, Ivory Coast, Venezuela, and currently China. His poems have appeared in various publications, including Atlanta Review, Southern Poetry Review, English Journal, Fine Madness, and several anthologies. Recent work can be found in Silk Road, 14 By 14, The Literary Bohemian, and The Summerset Review.