Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is an artist, critic, eco-activist, impresario and publisher. He received his MFA in Poetry from Brooklyn College where he studied with Allen Ginsberg and also taught. From 1987 to 2000 he ran Cover Magazine, the Underground National. He is the author of 17 books of verse, including most recently Blue Lyre from Dos Madres Press, Radio Poems from The Operating System, and Fake Lies from Fell Swoop. Currently, Wright produces literary events in NYC at La Mama ETC, Howl! Happening, and KGB Lit Bar in conjunction with his annual art and poetry journal, LiVE MAG!