Gerry LaFemina is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, and in 2022 he will release two books—his first book of creative nonfiction, The Pursuit: A Meditation on Happiness and Pop & Hiss: Selected Punk Poems 1990-2020. He’s a professor of English at Frostburg State University, a mentor in Carlow University’s MFA in creative writing, and the singer and principal song writer of The Downstrokes.