‘The Dustbowl’ is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Jim Goar and has recently been published in the UK by Shearsman Books. Jim was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He studied at the University of Arizona, Naropa University, and, most recently, UEA, where he gained his PhD in Creative & Critical Writing in 2012. He is also the author of ‘Seoul Bus Poems’ (Reality Street, 2010), ‘The Louisiana Purchase’ (Rose Metal Press, 2011), and the chapbook, ‘Whole Milk’ (Effing Press, 2006).