Paul Willis is the author of eight collections of poetry as well as a YA Elizabethan time-travel novel, All in a Garden Green Slant, 2020) and the essay collection To Build a Trail (WordFarm, 2018). His most recent collection, Losing Streak (Kelsay Books, 2024), is mostly light verse. He is an emeritus professor of English at Westmont College and a former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. His website is www.pauljwillis.com.