Joseph M. Gant  is a glassblower, poet, and lifelong student of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is the Poet in Residence and Poetry Editor of Sex and Murder Magazine. He is a guitarist, photographer, and generally a broke and working artist. His poetry has appeared in Mandala Magazine, Breadcrumb Scabs, Lines Written w/ a Razor, and numerous other publications.

His biggest influences are Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Emily Dickinson, Faulkner, Poe, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Thomas Wyatt, Bob Dylan, M. Manson, Styron, and Garcia-Mraquez.