W. Todd Kaneko is not cool enough to be a rock star, not tall enough to be a professional wrestler and not virtuous enough to be a super hero. He is the author of The Dead Wrestler Elegies (Curbside Splendor, 2014) and co-author with Amorak Huey of Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Academic 2018). His poems, essays and stories can be seen in Bellingham Review, Los Angeles Review, Barrelhouse, The Collagist, [PANK], The Normal School, Menacing Hedge, Hobart, Blackbird, The Rumpus, Song of the Owashtanong: Grand Rapids Poetry in the 21st Century, 99 Poems for the 99 Percent, New Poetry from the Midwest, Bring the Noise: The Best Pop Culture Essays from Barrelhouse Magazine, Best Small Fictions and many other journals and anthologies.

He holds degrees from Arizona State University (MFA, Creative Writing) and the University of Washington (BA, English). A recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, he is currently co-editor of the online literary magazine Waxwing, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University. Originally from Seattle, he currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the writer Caitlin Horrocks.

Website: http://www.toddkaneko.com

Twitter Username: @toddkaneko

Publications

• The Dead Wrestler Elegies , Curbside Splendor (November 2014)
• Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology , Bloomsbury Academic (January 2018)

Employment

• Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Arizona State University (2006)
• Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Washington (2003)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Poetry