David Brazil is a pastor, poet, and translator. Poetry collections include Holy Ghost (City Lights, 2017), antisocial patience (Roof, 2015), and The Ordinary (Compline, 2015). His new edition of Philip Whalen’s book-length masterpiece Scenes of Life at the Capital was published by Wave in 2020. With Kevin Killian, he edited The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater: 1945-1985. figurae פ ע ס ל י ג א is forthcoming from The Last Books. He lives in New Orleans.