Rattlecast 223 – Live December 11, 2023

Greg Kosmicki is a poet and retired social worker who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. He founded The Backwaters Press in 1997, which he now serves as Editor Emeritus. Greg’s poetry has been published in numerous magazines since 1975, both print and online. Some of his earliest publications were in Poetry NOW in 1975 and Paris Review, in 1977. He received artist’s fellowships for his poetry from the Nebraska Arts Council 2000 and 2006. Three of his poems have been read on Writer’s Almanac. Author of thirteen books and chapbooks of poems, he is a 2000 and 2006 recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council’s Merit Award. His previous collection, It’s As Good Here as It Gets Anywhere (Logan House) was a finalist for the 2017 High Plains Book Award. His new book is We Eat the Earth. He and his wife Debbie are parents of three children and grandparents of two.