Once upon a time, John Paul Wright was a community artist in residence with the Kentucky Arts Council and a locomotive engineer for CSX Transportation. He was actively involved in his union and was co-chair of Railroad Workers United. He left the railroad in 2016 to pursue his passion and now works as a deckhand and steam 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 Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two cats. railroadmusic333@gmail.com