t thilleman migrated to New York from the Mid-Western State of Wisconsin in the early 80s. For a brief period he worked for Pace Editions and the artist Chuck Close on handmade paper editions under the direction of the late Joe Wilfer. Throughout the 90s he helped edit Poetry New York and their pamphlet series. He is the author of more than a few poetry collections published by Spuyten Duyvil including THREE SEA MONSTERS: OUR HISTORY OF WHOSE IMAGE (2011), ONONYXA & THERSEYN: ANATOMICAL SKETCHES (2012), and the novel GOWANUS CANAL, HANS KNUDSEN (2006). His collaborations with j/j hastain are APPROXIMATING DIAPASON (2012) and CLEF MANIFESTO (2013), also published by Spuyten Duyvil, as well as the forthcoming glossary, Tongue a Queer Anomaly. His literary essay/memoir, Blasted Tower, is forthcoming from Shakespeare & Co./Toad Suck. Ongoing and online, tt blogs musings taken from the Kamasutra and others at conchwoman.wordpress.com.