Born and raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, Chris Santiago received degrees in creative writing and music performance from Oberlin College. He has worked as an English teacher in Akita, Japan; a Japanese teacher in Long Beach, California; and as an editor for McGraw-Hill. Currently a Provost’s Ph.D. Fellow at USC, he teaches writing and lives with his wife and son in Pasadena. He has poems in Canteen and FIELD. [Read]