Michael McGriff is the author of five poetry collections, including Eternal Sentences, Early Hour, Home Burial, and Dismantling the Hills. His other books include the linked story collection Our Secret Life in the Movies (coauthored with J.M. Tyree); an edition of David Wevill's essential writing, To Build My Shadow a Fire; and a translation of Tomas Tranströmer's The Sorrow Gondola. He co-directs the creative writing program at the University of Idaho.