Charles Rafferty received an MFA from the University of Arkansas. He is the author of several books of poetry, including The Smoke of Horses (BOA Editions, 2017); A Less Fabulous Infinity (Louisiana Literature Press, 2006); and The Man on the Tower (University of Arkansas Press, 1995), which received the Arkansas Poetry Award. Rafferty is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. He codirects the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College and lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. (Source)