Biography

Ron Paul Salutsky authored the poetry collection Romeo Bones (Steel Toe Books, 2013) and translated Anti-Ferule (winner of the Toad Press 2015 International Chapbook Series) from the Spanish of Uruguayan poet Karen Wild Diaz.  Ron's interests include poetry & poetics, rock climbing, edible landscaping, and home construction.  He was born and raised in Somerset, Kentucky, and educated at Western Kentucky University (BA-English/Sociology), the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (MFA-Poetry), and Florida State University (PhD-English).  Ron lives in the Upper Ochlocknee Watershed and owns Red Oak Real Estate, LLC, a firm that rehabilitates midcentury homes in the Florida Panhandle.