Richard Fox (Chicago, Illinois) holds a BFA in Photography from Tyler School of Art. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, and he has a book of poetry titled "Swagger & Remorse" (Tebot Bach Press, 2007). Fox has received fellowships for poetry from the City of Chicago and the Illinois Arts Council, and took third place in the 2009 Juried Reading Contest with The Poetry Center of Chicago.

Two of Fox's poems, "The Experimental Man" and "Weight," appeared in Vol. 1 Issue 3 of Apparatus Magazine.