James Ciano is the author of The Committee of Men (Boa Editions, 2026), and an Associate Editor of Swirl & Vortex: Collected Poems of Larry Levis (Graywolf, 2026). He holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Literature from the University of Southern California, and his poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Bennington Review, The Hopkins Review, The Missouri Review, and The Yale Review. His reviews and writings on poetry have appeared in The Adroit Journal, Poetry Northwest, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is the 2025–2027 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.
