Cover Image:  Sunday Morning in Soho, London (Photo by Jason Roush, 2003)	“Jason Roush has a brilliant command of the line and an almost pointillist way of combining exact, exquisite phrases into sweeping vistas. At once tender and humane, the poems in Crosstown display a rare intelligence and character. The collection is not only well-written, but well-told—the voice is sly and warm, and the whole book is good company.” —John Skoyles, author of The Situation
Jason Roush teaches writing, literature, and cultural studies at Emerson College. His poems, criticism, and other writings have appeared in Best Gay Poetry 2008, Bay Windows, Breakwater Review, Brooklyn Review, Cimarron Review, The Fossil Record, The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, The James White Review, Lambda Book Report, Out Magazine, Provincetown Magazine, 236, Verse Daily, and the anthology This New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarians 2. He is the author of two previous books of poetry, After Hours (2005) and Breezeway (2007). He can be reached via e-mail at: ProfRoush@aol.com (Web text and images protected under copyright, 2009)	(Author Photo by Paul Rivenberg, 2008)