Alan Ainsworth’s poetry and prose have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, The American Book Review, The New England Review, ArtLies, Mutabilis Press anthologies, and many other journals. He was co-poetry editor for 4 issues of Gulf Coast and has arranged many, many readings.  He has collaborated  with other arts, including having his poems set to music and dance. An English and Humanities faculty member at Houston Community College since 1993, he currently serves as Chair of English.