Phil Goldstein is a poet who has worked professionally as a technology and business journalist, a content marketer, editor, and marketing copywriter. His debut poetry collection, How to Bury a Boy at Sea (Stillhouse Press, 2022), reckons with the trauma of child sex abuse. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net award, and his work has appeared in or is forthcoming in South Dakota Review, The Shore, West Trade Review, Atticus Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Jet Fuel Review, The Laurel Review, and elsewhere. By day, he works as an editor and copywriter for a large technology company. He currently lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and two cats, Grady and Princess. This is his first skull.