The House of Hunley

By TOM C. HUNLEY

POETRY SEMIFINALIST

“I will call this plant/bougainvillea, exclaims Bougainville/ upon discovering what the natives formerly called/ass weed.”—Jason Bredle, “Wild Animals You Never Knew You Could Eat” (A Twelve Step Guide: Poems)

Tom C. Hunley is a professor of English at Western Kentucky University and the director of Steel Toe Books. His newest poetry collection is Plunk (Wayne State College Press).