Ted Rees is a poet, essayist, and editor who lives and works in Philadelphia. His most recent books are Hand Me the Limits and Dog Day Economy, published by Roof Books in March 2024 and February 2022, respectively. Thanksgiving: a Poem, published by Golias Books in April 2020, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His first book of poetry, In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame, was published by Timeless, Infinite Light in 2018. Chapbooks include Endless Summer, More Loads, Dear Hole, the soft abyss, The New Anchorage, and Outlaws Drift in Every Vehicle of Thought. 

Recent essays have been published in The Back Room,  The Poetry Project Newsletter,  Libertines in the Ante-Room of Love: Poets on Punk, Full Stop Quarterly, and ON Contemporary Practice’s monograph on New Narrative. For several years, he was Associate Editor for The Elephants, as well as founder and co-editor of Asterion Projects with Levi Bentley. His poetry and critical work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines, some of which can be accessed on the Other Writings page.