Robert McDowell is a poet, teacher, speaker, editor and author, co-author, editor and translator of 14 books, including the bestselling Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations and Intentions (Free Press/Simon & Schuster) and The More We Get Together: The Sexual and Spiritual Language of Love (Poiesis Press). His books of poetry include Quiet Money, The Diviners (a book-length poem) and On Foot, In Flames. He was the co-founding publisher of Story Line Press, where he served as editor for twenty-two years. With Mark Jarman, he also edited The Reaper, a quarterly.