Robert Kiely was born in Co. Cork, Ireland and is currently based in London. His poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in The Stinging Fly, Ludd Gang, Cambridge Literary Review, LONGITUDINES, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. His books include ROB (Broken Sleep Books), Gelpack Allegory (Veer), simmering of a declarative void (the87press), and Incomparable Poetry, an essay on the financial crisis of 2007-8 and Irish literature (punctum).