Allan Graubard is a poet, playwright, and critic. His books include Sirenes (Phasm Press, 2016), Targets (Anon Editions, 2013), And tell tulip the summer (Quattro Books, 2011), and Roma Amor, with photographs by Ira Cohen (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2010). He is the editor of and contributing author to Into the Mylar Chamber: Ira Cohen (Fulgur, 2019), American liaison for and contributing author to The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism (Bloomsbury, 2019), and editorial advisor for and contributing author to A Phala: Revista do Movimento Surrealista (São Paulo, 2015). Photo by Ira Landgarten.