Brian Backstrand is a poet and writer as well as an Episcopal clergyman. He has published poems and stories in several literary magazines, most recently in South Dakota Review and ...view moreBrian Backstrand is a poet and writer as well as an Episcopal clergyman. He has published poems and stories in several literary magazines, most recently in South Dakota Review and another is forthcoming in The Southern Indiana Review. He lives in rural Wisconsin where he and his wife Marilee own a farm and are in the process of becoming energy self-sufficient and living off the grid.view less