RICHARD KATROVAS is the author of six volumes of poetry, a book of short stories, a novel, and a memoir. His poems, stories, and essays have appeared widely in leading magazines, journals, and anthologies. Retired from the University of New Orleans after twenty years, he is now Professor of English at Western Michigan University where he is the founding director of the Prague Summer Program. He is married to Dominika Winterova, and they have two daughters, Ema and Annie. The Katrovas / Winterova family keeps residences in Prague, Czech Republic and Kalamazoo, Michigan.
