West of the Backstory

Hawkins, Tim: - Tim Hawkins lives near his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he works in the healthcare industry. Hawkins has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes (2011, 2017, 2019), for Best of the Net (2018, 2019) and Best Microfiction (2018). He is the author of three previous books of poetry, Wanderings at Deadline (Aldrich Press, 2012), Jeremiad Johnson (In Case of Emergency Press, 2019), and Synchronized Swimmers, (KYSO Flash Press, 2019) and one nonfiction book, From Death to Life (Amazon Spark, 2021). Find out more at his website: www.timhawkinspoetry.com