Great Regulars: Brad Liening is a graduate of

the University of Michigan and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He's the author of four chapbooks, including We Are Doomed: Dispatches from the City of the Future; Oblivion, More; and Are You There God? It's Me, Whitney Houston. Here's his poem "The President of the World Feels Lonely" from his latest collection, Ghosts and Doppelgängers.

The President of the World Feels Lonely

from Marianne Combs: Minnesota Public Radio: State of the Arts: Minnesota Poetry: Brad Liening's "The President . . ."

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