James Nicola’s poems have also appeared in Antioch Review, Southwest Review, Atlanta Review, Rattle, and Barrow Street. His seven full-length collections (2014-22) are Manhattan Plaza, Stage to Page, Wind in the Cave, Out of Nothing, Quickening, Fires of Heaven, and Turns & Twists (just out). His nonfiction book Playing the Audience won a Choice award. His poetry has received a Dana Literary Award; two Willow Review awards; Storyteller's People's Choice award; plus one Best of Net, one Rhysling, and eight Pushcart Prize nominations. (“What Did I Do While Waiting for You?” was previously published in Samjoko, a publication in South Korea.)