Tad Tuleja, an American writer and university teacher, recently returned to a passion of his youth, English poetry. He holds a master’s degree in English and American studies from the University of Sussex and a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Texas. Widely published on folk and popular culture, he received a Puffin Foundation grant for his song cycle Skein of Arms. Under the alias Skip Yarrow, he performs the songs from his CDs Waters Wide Between and Gather on www.skipyarrow.com and on You Tube.