Originally from Ukraine, Askold Skalsky, a professor of English at a community college in Western Maryland, has published in numerous small press magazines and journals, including Notre Dame Review and Southern Poetry Review. He has also published in Canada, England, Ireland, and mainland Europe. He has received two poetry awards from the Maryland State Arts Council, among others, and his first book of poems, The Ponies of Chuang Tzu, was recently published by Horizon Tracts press in New York City.
