Darren C. Demarree is the recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from the Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children. Emily as Sometimes the Forest Wants the Fireis his eleventh collection of poetry.