Richard Fein (Brooklyn, New York) was a finalist in the 2004 Center for Book Arts chapbook competition, and has a chapbook forthcoming from Parallel Press (University of Wisconsin-Madison.) Fein's work has appeared in numerous journals, including Southern Review, Morpo Review, Perigee, Skyline, Oregon East, Southern Humanities Review, and Exquisite Corpse.

Two of Fein's poems, "The Missionary's Contract" and "Tactile Memories," appeared in Volume 1 Issue 4 of Apparatus Magazine.