Once upon a time, John Paul Wright was a community artist in residence working with the Kentucky Arts Council, a Locomotive Engineer with CSX transportation, very active in his union and co-chair of Railroad Workers United. He left the railroad to follow his bliss and ended up working as a deckhand and then as the fireman on the historic Steamboat Belle of Louisville. He earned his Masters of Fine Arts, MFA from Twice Told Books in Louisville, KY, and his Ph.D. in life from the steel rails of the old L&N railroad, Louisville to Nashville. His work has been published in numerous magazines and trade union journals. Currently, John Paul Wright is a folk musician, poet/writer living in Lustenau, Austria, with his wife and two cats. railroadmusic333@gmail.com