Scott Hightower is the author of four books of poetry in the US. He has published two bilingual collections in Spain. A third, Contracted/Contraído is forthcoming from ELENVÉS EDITORAS in Granada. He is also the editor of the bi-lingual (English/Spanish) poetry anthology 2012 Women Rowing: Mujeres A Los Remos, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Hightower’s awards include a Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. Originally from Texas, he has itinerantly sojourned in India, Italy, Spain, and now lives in Manhattan where he teaches at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. www.Scotthightower.com