Edward J. Rielly, professor emeritus and former director of the writing and publishing program at Saint Joseph’s College in Maine, is the author or editor of approximately thirty books, including the memoir Bread Pudding and Other Memories: A Boyhood on the Farm, children’s picture books, biographies, cultural histories, literary studies, and collections of poetry. His Answers Instead received the Mildred Kanterman Memorial Award from the Haiku Society of America in 2016.