Rufo Quintavalle lives in Paris and is the author of nine books of poetry. A new collection, Shelf, will be published later this year by Sagging Meniscus Press. He used to run the reading series Poets Live, and for several years taught creative writing at NYU’s Paris campus. He is co-creator and lead actor in an innovative film and poetry project called Coldhearts: A Poetical, which was shot in Paris last year and premiered in June.