Robert Vivian 's first book, a collection of essays, was Cold Snap As Yearning. His first novel is entitled The Mover Of Bones and will be published this fall as part of the Flyover Fiction Series with University of Nebraska Press. He's also a playwright and recently wrote a version of "Ibsen's Ghosts" that ran at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York. His essays, poems, and stories have appeared in more than fifty magazines such as Georgia Review, Harper's, Glimmer Train, and others. He currently teaches at Alma College in Michigan.