Tyler Dettloff is an Anishinaabe Métis, Irish, and Italian poet, professor, musician, and water protector raised on the edge of the Delirium Wilderness. He currently lives in Gnoozhekaaning (Bay Mills, MI). Tyler teaches College Composition at LSSU and is the NF Editor for Border Crossing. He has a dual track M.A. in Literature and Pedagogy from NMU. Mostly, he enjoys walking along rivers with his wife Daraka and through swamps his dogs Banjo and Fiddle.