Elio Schneeman was born October 16, 1961 in Taranto, Italy. He is the author of In February I Think (1978, C Press) and Along The Rails (1991, United Artists). His poems have been anthologized in Out of This World (Crown) and Homage to Ted Berrigan (Coffee House). Recent poems have appeared in The World, The Poetry Project Newsletter, and Flatiron News. His translations of the Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti will appear in the next issue of Poetry New York.